December 15, 2006 – 01:22 pm
From To fix US schools, panel says, start over: “What if the solution to American students’ stagnant performance levels and the wide achievement gap between white and minority students wasn’t more money, smaller schools, or any of the reforms proposed in recent years, but rather a new education system altogether?”
Just wanted to make sure that I linked to some good news about the old hometown’s school system, especially since I’ve been linking to all the bad news over the last few months. Anyway, according to the Swampscott Reporter, “The new Swampscott High School may be ready to open several months early.” Hoorah!
According to the New York Times, “Most states failed to meet federal requirements that all teachers be ‘highly qualified’ in core teaching fields and that state programs for testing students be up to standards by the end of the past school year.” In other words, while no child may be left behind, there’s a good [...]
Something strange is afoot in the town where I grew up. The Swampscott Reporter has revealed that “just over 25 percent” of all the teachers at the high school are leaving this Fall. Almost all of them are taking jobs someplace else in Massachusetts.
In a letter to the editor, two of the teachers (the only [...]
Even though I’m a traditionalist (academically). I can certainly see the value in this type of admissions program. Check it out.
Max’s mother is not dead! How do I know? Because Gretchen Fisher is actually saving Latin!
April 28, 2006 – 10:32 am
Some educational bed-time reading: It’s Just a Plant
April 18, 2006 – 11:15 pm
The post about immigration generated a lot of discussion, and it went in a lot of directions. I find it interesting that Dave saw that what really is at issue here is not immigration, but criminal behavior (and the legalization of drugs debate). I find it interesting because in a side-debate between Shawn and I [...]
March 31, 2006 – 02:31 am
I read the NY Times. I skim the headlines about three times a day, usually read at least two full articles off the site, and I often link to the NY Times when I’m looking for an authoritative source. Now, I know the NY Times is often called a liberal elitist newspaper, but being a [...]
March 27, 2006 – 11:41 am
The Christian Science Monitor is reporting that Georgia may OK Bible as textbook. The move would make the state “the first to require its Department of Education to put in place a curriculum to teach the history and literature of the Bible.”
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