And, fittingly, the school will be devoted to environmental themes.But as in the 2000 election, there’s a catch. Critics say the campus’ location poses a long-term health risk to students and staff.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gore-school-20100906,0,719678.story
Over the past many years, we have been inundated with articles, columns, essays and rants about the widening red-blue divide in this country. People on one side of the divide can no longer even fathom the perspective of people across the way. We are a long way from reconciliation.
I’m afraid a similar chasm has opened in the world of public education. On one side are people who favor data-driven accountability, school choice, autonomy and pay-for-performance (to name a few issues). I’ll call them (somewhat inaccurately) “outsiders.” On the other are “insiders,” those who feel that market-based reforms and an over-emphasis on testing constitute an assault on public education and specifically on teachers.
Rhetoric on both sides is tilting toward invective. Name-calling is crowding out dialogue. The pitched battle earlier this year over Colorado’s Senate Bill 191 – now the educator effectiveness law – exemplifies the tenor of the debate.
An ongoing Los Angeles Times series, “Grading the Teachers,” provides the latest flashpoint in this escalating rhetorical war. The newspaper hired a
Oh, it’s coming. Denying it won’t help you. Fall Term is starting up soon whether you’re ready or not. When the first week of classes have been attended and while you’re still focusing on first chapters, small quizzes, tolerable assignments, and the finer points on your professors’ syllabi, at the very least please skim this: How to Study: A Brief Guide. Learning how to learn is, how do you say, crucial, of the essence, invaluable, indispensable and totally effing necessary.
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TOLEDO, OH — The Ohio Department of Education released final “report card” scores on Friday for local schools and school districts.
The Toledo Public School District earned a “Continuous Improvement” rating for another year and several individual schools within TPS made big leaps forward.
Eight schools received “Excellent” ratings, the equivalent of an “A”. F
This is hilarious and educational. Ze Frank explains how to vent one’s impotent rage when replying to e-mails while maintaining one’s professional integrity. Herein lies Ze Frank’s exquisite advice.
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