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Comment on Reasons NOT to tie teacher pay to student test scores by New research on teacher ‘pay for performance’ schemes « The Education Blog

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:51:01 +0000

[...] I’ve posted on this topic in the past. [...]

Comment on Will national education standards lead to national standardized tests? by Updates on the Common Core Standards Initiative « The Education Blog

Updates on the Common Core Standards Initiative « The Education Blog — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:38:54 +0000

[...] some background, see my prior posts on this [...]

Comment on New US Secretary of Education wants to scale up school ‘turnarounds’ by Chicago’s experience suggests school turnarounds may not help students « The Education Blog

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:55:19 +0000

[...] Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has expressed strong support of school turnarounds – see this post from June [...]

Comment on Governors, ed commissioners call for national standards based on ‘international benchmarks’ by Will national education standards lead to national standardized tests? « The Education Blog

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:35:52 +0000

[...] national education standards lead to national standardized tests? October 21, 2009 In this post last April, I described a new push by US governors and state educational commissioners to develop national [...]

Comment on When colleges fail to graduate students… by Erin T.

Erin T. — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:14:19 +0000

This is an interesting discussion…As a Western Michigan University graduate, I noticed that WMU does a great job of producing graduates, but whether or not those students deserve their degree is debatable. Although I chose to attend WMU when I could have attended MSU, I worked hard to earn my degree. I put in the time and effort required to make the most of my college experience, and appreciate the education I received. I worked hard to make myself the best teacher I could be and I truly earned my degree. Yet, I know of several students that were able to skate through their courses, put in less than half the effort I did, “cry” to the right people when professors tried to fail them for not completing requirements, and STILL graduate with the same degree I did. Why should these students drop out? I learned that anyone can receive a degree from these smaller universities because, while they might have high standards for students like me that are willing to put in the work, they do not hold all students to the same standards.

Comment on U. S. Dept. of Ed report shows American students lag behind other nations in science and math by John Gabriel

John Gabriel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:35:20 +0000

I am not surprised we are lagging behind. We have idiots running the public school system.

Comment on Are 3-year degrees the wave of the future? by More on 3-year bachelor’s degrees… « The Education Blog

More on 3-year bachelor’s degrees… « The Education Blog — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:17:47 +0000

[...] on 3-year bachelor’s degrees… May 23, 2009 I previously posted here on the phenomenon of 3-year bachelor’s degrees, which some institutions see as a way to meet [...]

Comment on New report argues European test not useful in assessing American students’ standing relative to their international peers by The Education Blog

The Education Blog — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:09:54 +0000

[...] NOTE: I previously blogged about the limitations of international benchmarking in March of this year. That post can be found here. [...]

Comment on Arizona bilingual education lawsuit may have national implications by The Unapologetic Polyglot

The Unapologetic Polyglot — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:17:43 +0000

This is such an important case!! I’m getting excited to hear what will be happening with it.

Comment on New research probes relationship between poverty, stress, and intelligence by Christine Genero

Christine Genero — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:44:53 +0000

Please read the original article. USAToday had numerous errors in their report on Evans and Schamberg’s article.