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6-28-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

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Have Four Decades of Test Based Accountability Closed the Public and Catholic School Score Gaps?

One way to to gauge the effects of over four decades of more testing with higher stakes is to examine how NAEP public school scores compare over time with the Catholic schools, which have not and do not make use high stakes standardized testing, even though they have been participated in NAEP since 1980.  The […]

No schools shut down that opted out, many shut down that opted in

Reclaiming the Conversation on Education See 9:19 in, Ceresta Smith Tagged: high-stakes accountability

In Case You Were Wondering…?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgPePk3kGZk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jKahlEKo0Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_fM_TBn_Do Follow Tim Slekar on Twitter: @slekar

Center for American what? Progress? I don’t think so. @EdProgress

My behavior on social media differs from others. Folks claim RTs aren’t endorsements and that to me seems rather silly. Why would I propagate information and send it forward to followers if I don’t think it should be spread? Seems like lots of folks are getting busted for errant RTs, so perhaps there’s some genuine […]

The ridiculousness in the resistance of #commoncore

Last evening, I saw a link posted on social media about an organization hosting an anti-CCSS  conference call. Interesting.  The organization? Concerned Women for America. They.Are.Ridiculous. They’re already calling for the end of civilization because of the recent SCOTUS ruling on marriage equality.  I see folks calling for collaboration in resisting CCSS between various locations […]

6-27-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 9 hours ago
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: [image: gears] Perhaps the NEA and AFT both adhere to an old model of lesson planning by Chalk Face, PhD This whole idea of monetizing lesson plans seems like a very antique method. This from the Huffington Post on a very similar initiative soon to be released by the NEA that is strikingly similar to AFT’s Share My Lesson, or whatever. The NEA’s is called, what, BetterLesson or something? I mean, OK, I guess. Who […] Charter Schools, the Invisible Hand, and Gutless Political Leadership | the becoming radical by plthomasedd Charter Schools, ... more »