In a previous post, Minard Duncan notes that we need to include student voices in our discussions. The possibility of including other community members in this discussion is a worthwhile endeavor. How can we include others in this blog? Any thoughts? If you have any suggestions, please post them here or email me at mcnenny@chapman.edu.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
More Community Voices Needed
In a previous post, Minard Duncan notes that we need to include student voices in our discussions. The possibility of including other community members in this discussion is a worthwhile endeavor. How can we include others in this blog? Any thoughts? If you have any suggestions, please post them here or email me at mcnenny@chapman.edu.
Monday, March 8, 2010
NCLB Has a New Critic--Diane Ravitch
Here's a recent posting from Democracy Now! that has been recommended for posting by several blog authors:
As the Obama administration touts No Child Left Behind and the “Race to the Top” competition for school grants, we speak to leading education scholar and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch. She’s long been known as an advocate of No Child Left Behind, charter schools, standardized testing, and using the free market to improve schools. But she’s had a radical change of heart, as chronicled in her latest book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Ravitch says, “The evidence says No Child Left Behind was a failure, and charter schools aren’t going to be any better.” For a copy of the transcript, just go here.
As the Obama administration touts No Child Left Behind and the “Race to the Top” competition for school grants, we speak to leading education scholar and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch. She’s long been known as an advocate of No Child Left Behind, charter schools, standardized testing, and using the free market to improve schools. But she’s had a radical change of heart, as chronicled in her latest book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Ravitch says, “The evidence says No Child Left Behind was a failure, and charter schools aren’t going to be any better.” For a copy of the transcript, just go here.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Students
I want to make sure that we include student comments when searching to close the achievement gap.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Welcome to the Closing the Achievement Gap Blog
Welcome! This blog has been created to facilitate discussions among all interested parties in the NOCCCD Achievement Gap Committee regarding our efforts to close the achievement gap. Please feel free to comment and to add your voice to this discussion. All are welcome.
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