After looking back at previous posts about community engagement, curriculum, teaching, and grading and assessment, I want to publish a short to do list for myself this year as a way of holding myself accountable for continued change in my classroom practice. To complement the list, I’ll maintain a Google Doc score card shared with [...]
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Posted 13 August 2010
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The “blob” wins according to Tom Vander Ark (@tvanderark). President Obama’s ESEA reauthorization blueprint gives all but the lowest-performing 5% of schools “a free pass” on fixing schools for our most under-served students.
What is the “blob?” Teachers’ unions? Teachers? Mediocre schools? Mediocre teachers? All of the above? The soft bigotry of low expectations?
As much as [...]
