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Showing posts with label accountability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accountability. Show all posts
9/26/12

"Poverty is water in the gas tank of education"

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Contextual Accountability by John Kun Every school is a microcosm of the community it serves—that is, every school that serves any and...
3/4/12

Education Reform - or "The Kudzu That Is Eating Congress"

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Kudzu, noun: a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing over trees or shrubs and grows so rapidly that it kills them by...
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1/24/12

Teaching Is An Art (So Is Lawyering). VAM Can't Work: Updated

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I came across a quote today from Sandra Day O'Connor: "Attorney errors come in an infinite variety and are as likely to be utterl...
8/26/10

"Selecting On The Dependent Variable"

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Many are skeptical of the current push to improve our education system by means of test-based “accountability” - hiring, firing, and paying ...
8/24/10

Dear Comcast

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Comcast uses nasty marketing and sales techniques. I called today to try to get my bill lowered and was surprised to learn about my DVR-cab...
8/18/10

Richard Rothstein On Value Added Assessments (They Can't Work)

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Read the first few pages and you will be enlightened! Rothstein and Campbell's Law
8/2/10

BP Spilled Lots Of Oil, Will Owe Lots Of Money In Fines

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The blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico gushed even more oil than the worst case scenario envisioned, a whopping total of 4.9 million barre...

Monday Cartoon Fun: Big Brother Edition

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7/30/10

Friday Bonus Cartoon Fun: Sailing Away Edition

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Friday Cartoon Fun: Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers Edition

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7/28/10

"Where Did the Money to Rebuild Iraq Go?"

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How Michelle Rhee Ruined People's Livelihoods

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You know that controversy over Michelle Rhee's firing of all those DCPS teachers recently using the new IMPACT evaluation system ? Oh,...
7/20/10

Tuesday Cartoon Fun: No Big Deal Edition

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7/19/10

Sorry Ain't Enough No More

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From DM : New Orleans musicians Bennie Pete of The Hot 8 Brass Band, trumpet player Shamarr Allen, rapper Dee-1 and Paul Sanchez of Cowboy ...
6/19/10

Saturday Cartoon Fun: Energy/BP/Barton Edition

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6/15/10

Senator Frank Lautenberg Introduces Smart Oil Drilling Bill

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I wrote earlier that we need to drill concurrent relief wells. Now Senator Lautenberg has introduced a bill to do just that... "My ...
6/9/10

BP: The Juice Gatherer

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According to Senator Nelson , top-kill may have blown out the part of the well casing under the sea bed . This means that the well can nev...
5/23/10

BP Might Need To Step Aside. Really?

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BBC News reports that BP is not doing enough to stop its leak that will ruin America for years to come. Ken Salazar is even considering tak...
5/22/10

Obama Not Swayed By Spill; Still Loves Drilling

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President Obama's weekly address closer: One of the reasons I ran for President was to put America on the path to energy independence, ...
5/21/10

Obama's Katrina? At Least.

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