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Few Solutions In Book on Charters
July 5, 2008Journalists, particularly me, tend to get excited about charter schools, the independently run public schools that have produced -- at least in some cases -- major improvements in achievement for children from low-income families. The charter educators I write about are often young, energetic, witty, noble and pretty much irresistible. But their charter schools, which use tax dollars with little oversight, are relatively new and untried. Like all experiments, they could easily fizzle.
Few Solutions In Book on Charters
July 5, 2008Journalists, particularly me, tend to get excited about charter schools, the independently run public schools that have produced -- at least in some cases -- major improvements in achievement for children from low-income families. The charter educators I write about are often young, energetic, witty, noble and pretty much irresistible. But their charter schools, which use tax dollars with little oversight, are relatively new and untried. Like all experiments, they could easily fizzle.
Few Solutions In Book on Charters
July 5, 2008 Journalists, particularly me, tend to get excited about charter schools, the independently run public schools that have produced -- at least in some cases -- major improvements in achievement for children from low-income families. The charter educators I write about are often young, energetic, witty, noble and pretty much irresistible. But their charter schools, which use tax dollars with little oversight, are relatively new and untried. Like all experiments, they could easily fizzle.
Insiders Report on the Challenge Index
July 5, 2008This week, Newsweek magazine and its Web site Newsweek.com unveil this year's Top High Schools list, based on a rating system I invented a decade ago called the Challenge Index. The index ranks schools based on college-level course participation, adding up the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and other college-level tests in a given year for a given school, and dividing that total by its number of graduating seniors.
Take That AP Test or Flunk
July 5, 2008J. David Goodman's story in the New York Times last week about the new Advanced Placement policy at two high schools in New Jersey at first made me cringe.
Making Teacher Hiring Less Comfortable
July 5, 2008For those who still think helping children learn is everybody's top priority in our schools, let me cite a disturbing dispute over where to send several hundred teachers at 23 D.C. schools that are about to be closed for inadequate enrollment.
What to Do With Gifted Students?
July 5, 2008 I received a letter a few weeks ago from a mother in Prince William County, home to one of the Washington area's big suburban school systems. It starkly captured the parental frustration at the heart of the national debate over what to do with very gifted students. I ran her letter, with a short response, in my weekly Post column, "Extra Credit," in which I answer reader mail. That column produced so many letters that I decided to lay out the debate in this column, using the limitless space of the Internet. I have not been very sympathetic with parents of gifted kids. Some of the reaction below echoes things I have said. But I find it difficult to justify forcing Nancy Klimavicz's son to spend valuable time on busywork. If anyone has any good way out of this impasse, e-mail me at mathewsj@washpost.com.
New Report From KIPP Charters
July 5, 2008Educators argue often whether their work should be judged by test scores. There are thoughtful people on both sides of the debate. We journalists tend to focus on exam results because so many of our readers say that is what they want, and such information is relatively easy to get from regular public schools.
A Challenge Index Boycott of Sorts
July 5, 2008I received a telephone call two months ago from a high school newspaper reporter in Westchester County, N.Y., asking about a letter she had seen from high schools boycotting the upcoming 2008 Challenge Index rankings of top U.S. high schools in Newsweek. Such letters are rare events. Over the 10 years Newsweek and The Washington Post have used my school rating system, a total of five schools, as best I can remember, have told us they don't want to participate because they don't approve of our method of assessment.
Favorite Education Blogs of 2008
July 5, 2008Early last year, as an experiment, I published a list of what I and commentator Walt Gardner considered our favorite education blogs. Neither Gardner nor I had much experience with this most modern form of expression. We are WAY older than the Web surfing generation. But the list proved popular with readers, and I promised in that column to make this an annual event.
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14| Do you want to be the #1 media source for your town? Do you want to be the one everyone comes to when they want to communicate or advertise with the local citizens? If I show you how to do it, are you willing to WORK for it? Is it worth a one time go all out for it effort? (Hint, if you are lazy, just forget this and sign up for a get rich quick scam instead) |
Quieres ser tu el #1 en los medios de publicacion en tu ciudad? Quieres ser tu a quien todo el mundo va cuando quieren comunicarse or publicar con los residentes locales? Si you te enseno como hacerlo, estas dispuesto a trabajar por ello? Vale pena para ti darle a esta oportunidad todo tu esfuerzo? (Pista: si eres peresozo, olvidate de esto y en lugar ve a ver esos otros programs que te prometen hacerte rico de la noche a la manana) |
