NCLB identifies wrong target for students with disabilities
Erin Dillon’s short piece yesterday, Labeled: The Students Behind NCLB’s ‘Disabilities’ Designation, is a response to criticism of NCLB as unrealistic about the achievement of students with disabilities. Dillon argues that because approximately half of students with disabilities are identified as having learning disabilities, and because of the overrepresentation of minorities in special education, the critics […]
Tufte-d morning
I was lazy this morning and exercised by jogging in place on an exercise mat, browsing/read through Edward Tufte’s Beautiful Evidence. While Tufte’s idea of sparklines (in chapter 2) is appealing, I am not nearly as impressed by this book as by his other volumes, espcially Visual Explanations. I am not yet sure why. Then […]
Performance pay fairy tales
A long time ago in a galaxy far away, a governor promised to raise teacher pay, if only it would be based on performance. Let us evaluate teachers based on what they do and what their students do, he said, and the keys to the kingdom will be yours, as will the goose that lays […]
NCLB reauthorization blog at Ed Week
There’s a new Ed Week blog: David Hoff’s NCLB: Act II, entirely about reauthorization. In many ways, this is a wise focus for an education beat blog. Several other blogs have died out when key reporters have moved on, as they typically do after some (relatively short)period of time. Having a blog with a relatively clear […]
At work on Saturday
By Sherman Dorn on July 14, 2007
I have a bunch of things to catch up on, mostly with EPAA and teaching, so I’m here at my office. But don’t worry: as a reward for reading my blog, you get a video!
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