Roundup: All The Blog's A [Snarky] Stage
Duncan: Governors Have Been Receptive to ESEA PK12
So far, governors appear open to the administration's proposal to make receipt of Title I funds contingent on states adopting higher, more uniform college- and career-readiness standards, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said today. [I'll believe it when the Govs say it themselves, thanks]
Moving Toward National Education Standards. TAPPED
I don't see how someone can read the Common Core Standards, which include things like knowing how to use fractions and percentages, and think these are skills that students in any community need not know.
Constants And Variables GothamSchools
A thunder storm or snow can produce plenty of excitement. A change in the day’s schedule — a substitute in the classroom in place of an absent gym teacher — can get kids pretty worked up too.Then there’s major disappointments like today, when we learned that tomorrow’s field trip was postponed.
Harlem Children's Zone: Hope or Hype? GOOD
We asked Helen Zelon, a freelance writer from Brooklyn, who spent the better part of a year reporting and writing the story, to answer a few of our questions. [I'll post my own somewhat jucier Q and A with Zelon later today or tomorrow.]
A “Social Agenda Trojan Horse?” Robert Pondiscio
An Obama Administration education official wants school safety measurements – ”a data system so parents know what kind of environment a kid will encounter in a school” — included in the Common Core State Standards.
So far, governors appear open to the administration's proposal to make receipt of Title I funds contingent on states adopting higher, more uniform college- and career-readiness standards, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said today. [I'll believe it when the Govs say it themselves, thanks]
Moving Toward National Education Standards. TAPPED
I don't see how someone can read the Common Core Standards, which include things like knowing how to use fractions and percentages, and think these are skills that students in any community need not know.
Constants And Variables GothamSchools
A thunder storm or snow can produce plenty of excitement. A change in the day’s schedule — a substitute in the classroom in place of an absent gym teacher — can get kids pretty worked up too.Then there’s major disappointments like today, when we learned that tomorrow’s field trip was postponed.
Harlem Children's Zone: Hope or Hype? GOOD
We asked Helen Zelon, a freelance writer from Brooklyn, who spent the better part of a year reporting and writing the story, to answer a few of our questions. [I'll post my own somewhat jucier Q and A with Zelon later today or tomorrow.]
A “Social Agenda Trojan Horse?” Robert Pondiscio
An Obama Administration education official wants school safety measurements – ”a data system so parents know what kind of environment a kid will encounter in a school” — included in the Common Core State Standards.
