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6-16-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

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We’re #10, We’re #10 !

Ah yes, the public likes lists. We like to quantify even the unmeasurable and know where we stand.  Hence the annual ranking of school districts by a publication in the Buffalo area that no one ever reads, except when it publishes a list of “top school districts”.  What a great marketing ploy. And it works. […]

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6-15-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 9 hours ago
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: [image: gears] Creating Artificial Student Failure in New York @nysed @nysut by Kris Nielsen New York Teacher (I will post the name when I get permission) posted some pretty shocking information on the UOO Facebook site recently, along with her comments and a letter to Steven Katz, the Director of New York State Assessments. This is blatant. This is wrong. If there was any doubt that New York has […] Accountability for the bottom, immunity at the top, incompetence all around by Chalk Face, PhD Bill Maher’s recent New Rule is somewhat ap... more »