SBE Weekly Reader Oct. 16, 2009
Effective Leaders
As we ponder the recent NAEP results, this might be a good time to also consider WWJRT? (What would John Rawls think?)
Hamilton County is partnering with the Public Education Foundation to help assistant principals become school leaders.
Effective Teachers
Jackson Madison County Schools are experimenting with teachers looping to successive grades with their class.
Rigorous, Relevant Curriculum
One Nashville public high school is expanding dual enrollment. Here is a letter to the editor from the parent of a student who benefited from dual enrollment.
TN students still trail the nation, which isn’t improving, on 4th and 8th grade math tests. Perhaps this shouldn’t be a surprise or even a disappointment since Americans only rank education 7th on the list of important issues.
A Rand study praises NYC for ending social promotion and instead providing interventions for struggling students at several levels.
Sufficient resources
The Council on American Private Education explains why nonpublic schools should not have been excluded from US DoE’s innovation fund opportunities.
Republican and Democratic politicians propose a tax-credit to encourage private companies to rebuild crumbling school buildings.
Another article linking dropouts and the growing prison population.
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