9-22-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:

Sunday reads.

On the road to Three Oaks, Michigan for dinner last night. Rahm announces “rapid-fire” construction plans. If I were Rahm, I’d pick another term. Millions spent on “differentiated instruction” professional development and changes in teacher evaluations. And there’s nothing data driven about it. I’m surprised that these dumb assholes ever heard of Ralph Ellison. While teacher retirees in Illinois

by Fred Klonsky / 16min

9-21-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Saturday coffee across the Big Lake.Anne and I try to spend some time on the southwest coast of Michigan this time of year. It’s no longer Summer. Not quite Fall. This year we have rented a sweet house for a few days a few miles from Three Oaks and a few miles from Lake Michigan. We’re surrounded on t

by mike simpson / 11min