Class Struggle: March, 2011
Posted at 01:54 PM ET, 03/30/2011
By Jay Mathews
She said that she thinks cheating might have occurred in the District and that she is glad her successor, Acting Chancellor Kaya Henderson, ordered a new investigation. Rhee said she still believes that the vast majority of teachers and administrators would never falsify test results, but that there can be exceptions.
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Posted at 12:09 AM ET, 03/29/2011
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Posted at 09:30 PM ET, 03/27/2011
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A series in USA Today reveals that many of the D.C. schools whose sharp achievement gains brought rewards for their teachers and principals and praise for former chancellor Michelle Rhee had suspicious test results that were not investigated. Erasure data suggests cheating by educators.
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Posted at 08:00 PM ET, 03/27/2011
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“I rarely am seen walking around the school since I have specific appointments to keep in the classrooms,” the principal said. “I can rarely compare what is happening from room to room since the visits are on different days at different times. The teachers have started commenting on the fact that the students rarely see me anymore . . . I feel my knowledge of specific students and their needs is slipping away.”
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08:00 PM ET, 03/27/2011 |
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Posted at 05:30 AM ET, 03/25/2011
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I have been beaten up before because of my lack of confidence in school vouchers as the wave of the future. A new study full of impressive data argues I am wrong, but American political biases still stand in vouchers’ way.
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05:30 AM ET, 03/25/2011 |
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Posted at 07:40 PM ET, 03/23/2011
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Some people are visiting colleges in eighth grade and practicing the SAT in seventh. One veteran college counselor thinks even first semester of junior year may be too early.
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07:40 PM ET, 03/23/2011 |
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Posted at 05:30 AM ET, 03/23/2011
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The nation’s best-known charter school network responds to a reader’s query on how many of its kids have learning disabilities
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05:30 AM ET, 03/23/2011 |
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Posted at 08:00 PM ET, 03/20/2011
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Largely unnoticed, a proposed public charter school called BASIS DC will be the subject of a hearing Tuesday. It is the most challenging proven school model ever to get this close to reality in the city. But can a program that requires graduates to pass six AP tests succeed?
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08:00 PM ET, 03/20/2011 |
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Posted at 12:09 PM ET, 03/18/2011
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Over the weekend my discussion group Admissions 101, a favorite of those obsessed with the college search in America, drifted away from its moorings as we remade many of our blogs. It is back. We reveal its new address.
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12:09 PM ET, 03/18/2011 |
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Posted at 05:30 AM ET, 03/18/2011
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Many experts say Education Secretary Arne Duncan inflated significantly his estimate of the number of schools that will miss their federal test score targets this year. Is this one way to persuade Congress to change the law that sets those targets? Could be.
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05:30 AM ET, 03/18/2011 |
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Posted at 10:04 AM ET, 03/17/2011
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The KIPP charter schools and the Baltimore Teachers Union have reached agreement on a 10-year contract extension.
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Posted at 08:08 PM ET, 03/15/2011
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The leaden lumps of boring lessons have many critics, but we need them
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08:08 PM ET, 03/15/2011 |
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Posted at 06:35 PM ET, 03/13/2011
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You are welcome to use your own imagination, but you know how much that is worth. Why not listen to several experts, and me?
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06:35 PM ET, 03/13/2011 |
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Posted at 08:49 PM ET, 03/12/2011
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Some suggestions were silly, but so am I
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Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 03/08/2011
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School districts have ignored glaring indications of educators inflating student results on state tests. The newspaper’s national investigation reveals data too suspicious to overlook. Closing of six L.A. charter schools suggests unbelievable scores may finally get noticed.
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07:00 AM ET, 03/08/2011 |
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Posted at 09:11 PM ET, 03/07/2011
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New study full of surprises for those struggling to teach character
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09:11 PM ET, 03/07/2011 |
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Posted at 03:26 PM ET, 03/07/2011
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How a Bethesda family cured college admissions angst
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03:26 PM ET, 03/07/2011 |
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