Categories
Archives by date
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | |||||
NCLB prediction: 20% impurities
Take a gander at the NCLB reauthorization recommendations from the National Association of State Title I Directors, compiled early in October. Most of the recommendations are a standard opening gambit, but then there are recommendations 4-6:
Carrots and sticks in education
I’m now more convinced than ever that discussions of consequences in K-12 accountability systems happen in bunkers, without enough understanding of how things work together (or don’t).
Test-prep debate
Craig Jerald’s comments on test-prep sparked Matt Yglesias’s discussion and a debate about test prep, and then Jerald’s follow-up. I don’t think there’s that much disagreement about the facts: some schools respond to test pressures in inappropriate ways by narrowing the curriculum or engaging in instruction that they’d stop (and often do) right after testing. […]
Student suggestions on writing
This semester, I promised my masters-course students that they’d see every draft chapter of Accountability Frankenstein, and I’ve given them credit for ripping the chapters apart as they’ve come to them. It was one of the best things I’ve ever done in my career. Not only has the pressure pushed me to write faster than […]
Book progress pleasurable but costly
I have one paragraph left before I finish the third chapter of Accountability Frankenstein. Unfortunately for my sanity and time, I think I’ll be reading the equivalent of 3-4 books to write that paragraph (international perspectives on curriculum decision-making). But I’m quite happy with how the chapter ended. I’ve divided our education woes into three […]