Monday, August 21, 2017

Education, Poverty, Graduation, and Guilt.

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If chronic absenteeism is highest in areas with the greatest concerns regarding graduation, then why is 93% attendance a key component of th...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

I was a third grader too.

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That's the third grade me. I wore that shirt for my fourth grade picture as well because I have absolutely no fashion sense. I was an in...
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Saturday, July 1, 2017

Graduation Problem: It Ain't Over 'til It's Over.

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Much as I'd like to celebrate the inclusion of the Graduation Workgroup's recommendation in the biennial budget signed yesterday by ...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

If the Dumpster's on Fire, Put it Out. (On Solutions to the Graduation Crisis)

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  As someone who's devoted the better part of two years to promoting a solution to the graduation problem, this week was both dishearten...
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Friday, June 16, 2017

The Day Some Senators, Teachers, and a Snake Oil Salesman Met at the Statehouse.

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  Between  local school board meetings , writing the State School Board to  do what's right , participation in a visioning process for  ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Bomb Threats and the Bittersweet End of the Year.

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  I've had a great school year, so it's disappointing to get to the end and see everyone just want to get the hell out, to a far gre...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

I Guess It Is All About Assessments.

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  "What these students deserve from our state, first and foremost, is an apology for the abysmal assessment system that they and their ...