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Big Apple Education: NY Times Room For Debate on Law Schools

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Friday, July 22, 2011. NY Times Room For Debate on Law Schools. The NY Times features " The Case Against Law School. In the Room For Debate section today. I've included this link as a follow up to a previous post. New York Times articles. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. The Median NFL Player and the Lockout. NY Times Room For Debate on Law Schools. Relay School of Education Looks to Reform Teacher . National Council on Teacher Quality Finds Flaws in. LA Officials Vo...

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An Urban Teacher's Education: TFA Alumnus Describes Barriers to Student Achievement

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An Urban Teacher's Education. Saturday, February 5, 2011. TFA Alumnus Describes Barriers to Student Achievement. How My School and District Failed its Students. The following is by Frank Beard, a graduate of Drake University and a former Teach For America corps member (Kansas City ’08). He taught middle school science, social studies, and communication arts in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. Or so I thought. Once that realization spread, the school effectively went from quality to chaos overni...

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Not Just Another Article on School Takeover – Georgian Educator

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Thoughtful and Critical Conversations About Education in Georgia. Not Just Another Article on School Takeover. I am one of those strange teachers that didn’t immediately balk at the idea of the Opportunity School District. I’ve been to schools where the school building is failing structurally, the academics are languishing miserably, and the community is disenfranchised in every way. I’ve thought, There is no way that having the government take over a place like this could be any. The targeted school com...

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Update on Governor Deal’s 2017 Education Agenda – Georgian Educator

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Thoughtful and Critical Conversations About Education in Georgia. Update on Governor Deal’s 2017 Education Agenda. I had not originally. Been against the idea of the Opportunity School District; but upon further scrutiny, I felt that the amendment did not outline. The major priorities include:. Increasing flexibility regarding school choice. Revising the school funding formula. Increasing state oversight of public schools. Priority 1: Increasing flexibility regarding school choice. That operate within a ...

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How Do Parent Centers Improve Our Schools? – Georgian Educator

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Thoughtful and Critical Conversations About Education in Georgia. How Do Parent Centers Improve Our Schools? Why Have Family Engagement Centers? Almost everyone universally accepts the failure of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). When I first began teaching, the cornerstone education legislation of George W. Bush hung heavily over every pedagogical conversation I had. We teachers could. Wait for NCLB to be repealed. The requirement that every school that qualifies as Title I. I wanted to offer the perspective...

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Update: Multiple Schools Now Requesting Defer on E-SPLOST Vote | DeKalb Schools Fact Checker – Georgian Educator

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Thoughtful and Critical Conversations About Education in Georgia. Update: Multiple Schools Now Requesting Defer on E-SPLOST Vote DeKalb Schools Fact Checker. I wanted to share this new information in an an effort to be sure I’m sharing all sides of the argument for and against the DeKalb County School Board approving the SPLOST V project list on Monday, December 5. Dunwoody, Chamblee, and Lakeside cluster school councils have now sent letters requesting a deferral on the E-SPLOST V project list. Enter yo...

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Life at the Morton School: October 2010

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Life at the Morton School. Tuesday, October 26, 2010. The Best of Days, the Worst of Days. Did I have a great day or a terrible day? It's after 7 pm and I'm still wondering. Let's look at the evidence from the text:. One of my advisees got into a truly. Dirrrrty girl fight today, and because I happened to be in the hallway, I got to babysit the girl she fought while waiting for a dean to pick her up because the two girls needed to be separated (obviously). Two kids openly complained about their grades.

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Latinos se unen en la Buford | Mundo Hispanico – Georgian Educator

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Thoughtful and Critical Conversations About Education in Georgia. Latinos se unen en la Buford Mundo Hispanico. This is what happens when you begin community-engaged teaching — the kids don’t stop once they leave your class! True education encourages learning that impacts not just your classroom, but your entire community. Read more about what Leticia Arcila and Cindy Ramirez are doing to create an organization that gives their families and friends a way to join together to shape their community. Address...

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Articulos en Espanol – Georgian Educator

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Thoughtful and Critical Conversations About Education in Georgia. REESTRUCTURACIÓN PARA ATENDER LA SOBREPOBLACIÓN DEL GRUPO DE ESCUELAS DEL AREA DE CROSS KEYS. REESTRUCTURACIÓN PARA ATENDER LA SOBREPOBLACIÓN DEL GRUPO DE ESCUELAS DEL AREA DE CROSS KEYS. March 8, 2016. La redistribución de estudiantes del distrito escolar de Dekalb del cluster Cross Keys: Cosas a considerar. February 13, 2016. Encuesta Sobre La Reestructuración Distrital En el Área de Cross Keys. January 24, 2016. September 17, 2015.

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Georgia Education Policy – Georgian Educator

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Thoughtful and Critical Conversations About Education in Georgia. GA Education Legislation Update: Incentive Pay for Teachers, Students Applying Sunscreen, and School Turnaround Plans. At this point, I'm not offering my opinion on these pieces of proposed legislation except to say this: I think kids should be able to apply their own sunscreen (see HB200). The other ones probably require a little more homework. Continue Reading →. February 20, 2017. February 12, 2017. February 4, 2017. The point is that t...