Boston Public Schools have a "Parent University" to enable parents to better interact with schools & teachers. A possible model for other regions?Parental Engagement Proves No Easy Goalwww.edweek.orgAt Title I schools, piecemeal programs …
Archives for April 6, 2012
Ed economist Bruce Baker on a key "ed reform" paradox pushed by the Fordham Inst…
Ed economist Bruce Baker on a key "ed reform" paradox pushed by the Fordham Institute: does Common Core Standardization mean choice among how well schools implement the same curriculum and the test results therein? Then why are we expanding c…
A dollar spent on testing is a dollar not spent improving the lives of 21% of ch…
A dollar spent on testing is a dollar not spent improving the lives of 21% of children who live in poverty & are too sick, hungry, or neglected to learn.Stephen Krashen Pulls the Rug Out From Under the Standards Movementblogs.edweek.orgThe money we…
Cal State Universities are also contemplating a two-tier tuition system by pushi…
Cal State Universities are also contemplating a two-tier tuition system by pushing oversubscribed remedial classes into Extended Education: "prices for Extended Education classes vary. But in 2009-10, the average annual tuition for an Extended Edu…
Students & young people 18-25 are rising up to make sure their vote counts in th…
Students & young people 18-25 are rising up to make sure their vote counts in the June 5, 2012 CA primary. http://bit.ly/I1WBWG College Students, We Betray Ourselves If We Don't Votewww.youtube.comDe Anza Community College's student organ…
Student protests (& a pepper-spraying by campus police) prompt re-evaluation of…
Student protests (& a pepper-spraying by campus police) prompt re-evaluation of multi-tier costs/credit at Santa Monica Community College. The head of the community college system says the policy is unfair & asks for a delay in its implementati…