The EDifier
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| How is your district meeting budget? We’re starting to see the fallout as district after district struggles with their education budgets. In today’s Washington Post, the article “Montgomery school budget solution could cost millions in fines” outlines how the Montgomery County, Md. district (and possibly Prince George’s County, too) faces fines for “artificially” satisfying a state law that sets a minimum funding [...] | |||
| Are teachers satisfied with their jobs? Last week, Public Agenda and Learning Point Associates released the results of a study they conducted of 890 public school teachers. The study was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Joyce Foundation. Among other things, Public Agenda wanted to find out why teachers enter the field, their thoughts on the pros [...] | |||
| Comparing state standards I got an e-mail earlier today with the subject line ?States have lowered ?proficiency? bar under NCLB.? Of course that caught my eye, so I went in for a closer look. What I found was that the e-mail was based on a report released earlier today by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Mapping State Proficiency [...] | |||
| How many students are really graduating? A recent report from the U.S. Department of Education found that the national graduation rate to be around 74 percent. But does this mean that nearly a quarter of high school students drop out? Not necessarily. First of all, most graduation rates, like the one calculated by the department, are “on-time” graduation rates. These rates only [...] | |||
| Good teachers are made I was reading a post by Claus von Zastrow, “Message to Educonomists: You Can’t Ignore the Important Stuff,” when an aside caught my eye: “I’ve always found it curious that so many reformers who insist that every child can learn believe teachers are ineducable. Every child has limitless potential, they say, but don’t waste your money [...] |
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