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09 Oct 09
Gone missing - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog
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I keep thinking about a prediction made in the mid-90's by a federal DOE official that in the future, economically disadvantaged students will all have computers while the wealthy students will have human teachers.
18 Mar 09
Texas Senate, House panels take up bills to improve student testing | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education
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- Actually a committe can overrule this now. We really want the 14 yo 5th grader to move on. My district is going to have a new policy that kids can't be more than 1 year behind their age mates in elementary school to do way with the problem of 14 yo boys in classes with 10 yo girls. - on 2009-03-18
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- Good idea - we know more about the kids. - on 2009-03-18
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09 Mar 09
Arne Duncan: ‘No Child’ is ‘toxic’ - WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook
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Add Sticky NoteWe want to be much less punitive and reward excellence and really again spotlight those schools and those districts that are beating the odds every single day.
- This is true. They also need to recongize improvement. A student that goes from failing with a 40% to failing with a 66% has done much more thatn someone that went from passing with an 88% to passing iwht a 97%. The first is still branded a failure. If we keep telling these kids they are failures when they have vastly improved - they are going to drop out. - on 2009-03-09
BBC NEWS | Europe | Vatican attacks US abortion move
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One Vatican official warned against the "arrogance" of those in power who think they can decide between life and death.
Another official said it dealt a blow to groups fighting against "the slaughter of the innocents".
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Add Sticky NoteThey will improve the assessments used to track student progress to measure readiness for college and the workplace and improve student learning in a timely, individualized manner.
- I would be very happy if instead of measuring just pass/fail student improvement from one year to the next is recongized. It is horrible to tell a student/family that their child that went from 0.9 reading level in 3rd grade to 4.1 reading level in 4th grade that he/she still failed the test that is given 1 time a year - so failed the year. - on 2009-01-24
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Add Sticky NoteIndividuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Are they going to continue to pentalize schools for acctually identifing students with disabilities? Under current system schools are penalized for IDing students with LD's if they go past a very small precentage. - on 2009-01-24
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