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Thursday, October 3, 2013

10-3-13 Schools Matter

Schools Matter:

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From the End of the Beginning to the Beginning of the End for High Stakes Testing
Mark Mulville/Buffalo NewsRemember: it happened in Buffalo--the night that 2,500 parents, teachers, and administrators showed up. Now let's keep the hammer down.From the Buffalo News by Dale Anderson: Reform of high-stakes testing for schoolchildren, a groundswell movement of lawn signs and small-scale protests, became an earthquake Wednesday evening.The Summit for Smarter Schools, organized b
Gates Gets an F From Shareholders
LOOKS LIKE YOUR MEASUREMENTS AND DATA ONLY CAN GET YOU SO FARShareholders ask Bill Gates to Step DownLooks like Bill Gates has been asked to step down as the leader of Microsoft.  


10-2-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Options PCS Featured in Today's Charter School Crime LogA clip from WaPo:In the court complaint, D.C. officials allege that the managers’ salaries were far out of line with what public officials make, especially given the size of the school.Montgomery’s “salary and bonuses from Options PCS during a one-year period — at least $425,000 combined — totaled more than the salary of the P