by Lara | Feb 18, 2019 | achievement
We all have those hard days, when it feels like you just can’t climb back up the hill again. When you work with kids that struggle, their struggles become part of you. You feel what they feel. Your heart breaks for them when life gets tough. People often ask...
by jseat | Mar 29, 2011 | achievement, Bruce Randolph School, charter schools, Graduation Rates, Improving Schools, President Obama, Reform, School, school assessment, standardized testing
Yesterday, President Obama said that there should be a new way to measure school effectiveness for student achievement. He would do away with standardized testing and make use of other means such as high school graduation, attendance rate and college preparedness as a...
by jseat | Mar 13, 2011 | achievement, Chater Schools, education funding, Improving Schools, Reform
First off, I do have to say how disappointed I was that this was only 13 or so minutes out of the whole episode. Also, I found that Katie’s ignorance on why a school after only its first year (and probably the testing was done in March of their first year)...
by jseat | Feb 15, 2011 | achievement, college, Denver Colorado, Graduation Rates, Reform, remediation, School, self-esteem
I am not sure how they can explain this one away! The Denver Post reported last week that while High School dropout rates have dropped and more students are graduating, colleges are reporting that they are now having to provide more remedial classes.This doesn’t...
by jseat | Aug 21, 2010 | achievement, extended school year, instructional hours, summer, vacation, year round school
Summer is over here. The kids went back to school earlier this week. Everyone is excited to meet new teachers and friends and get going with a fresh start to a new year. But yet, already I see some of the disappointment in some of my students, after only 2 or 3 days...
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