Tag Archives: standardized testing
SAVING SIR KEN
Lately I have been thinking about Spielberg’s movie “Saving Private Ryan”. Not because we just celebrated Veteran’s Day or because I am particularly inspired by war movies, but because I have been researching models for effective teacher leadership. And not-so … Continue reading
TWO AMERICAS, ONE STORM
NOTE: It’s been kind of hard to keep up with my weekly blog entries lately… so thanks for staying with this site for the last few weeks. I am working on final edits for my second book (“Fighting For Ms. … Continue reading
THE TURN-AROUND PLACE
Allen Odden is a professor of educational leadership and policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who claims to know how to turn around low achieving schools. In fact he wrote a book about the topic called “Ten Strategies for Doubling Student … Continue reading
ZYDECO HELLRAISERS
What happens to Attention Deficit Disorder when it grows up? Sometimes it is channeled into extraordinary gifts. So Michael Phelps Picasso JFK James Carville Robin Williams… …are all reputed ADHD guys. This is hardly an exhaustive list but it’s enough … Continue reading
Filed under children at risk, El Milagro, gifted children, standardized testing
HIGH STAKES… All IN
We are two weeks from the 2009 iteration of the California Standards Test. The clock is ticking. We are prepared. We are in a zone. And we better be…considering the high stakes. High stakes? Isn’t that just residual hyperbole left … Continue reading
BOX SCORE
(NOTE: As the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) goals continue to accelerate, more and more US schools will be categorized by the pejorative brand: “Program Improvement School”. NCLB’s kiss of death. By 2014 as many as 90% of America’s schools could be … Continue reading
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