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The Charter School Advantage: Operating as a Deregulated Autonomous Public School
By
Stephen Coffin
On 6/29/2009 1:39 AM
The proponents of charter schools (Newman, 1998) purport that charter schools are the answer to what ails our public school system. The rationale supporting how charter schools can provide an education that is superior in quality to that offered by ...
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248 A Teachable Moment par excellance
By
Denis Doyle
On 6/4/2009 11:09 AM
248 View Point
A Teachable Moment par excellence
Every teacher relishes the teachable moment, the point in a discussion, lecture, performance or project when a student’s eyes light up with eureka!, I’ve got it, I’ve found it! That’s what mak...
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NCLB Is Not Closing the Achievement Gap
By
Luyen Chou
On 4/29/2009 10:19 AM
In an article in
today's New York Times, an analysis of the latest Nation's Report Card based on
the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
indicates that there has been little to no difference in the ...
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236 View Point "Race to the Top"
By
Denis Doyle
On 3/13/2009 12:18 PM
236 View Point
Racing to the Top
“Race to the bottom” has become an all purpose description of the woeful state of American education. The New York Times, for example, joined the chorus March 11, 2009 in an editorial which enthusiastically en...
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234 View Point Good News
By
Denis Doyle
On 2/27/2009 10:42 AM
234 View Point
Good News (It’s About Time)
The “punditocracy” (only in Washington) claimed that President Obama was not being “hopeful” enough: too much bad news, not enough good. Time for a change (after 37 long days in office). He obliged in h...
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Forget Stereotype Effect - It's the Obama Effect
By
Luyen Chou
On 1/28/2009 11:33 AM
Study
Sees an Obama Effect as Lifting Black Test-Takers - NYTimes.com
I've written in the past about Claude Steele's research
regarding what he calls the "Stereotype
Effect," which shows that students under-perform (or in cert...
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