Bill Gates: ‘It would be great if…our education stuff worked but…”
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/09/27/bill-gates-it-would-be-great-if-our-education-stuff-worked-but/
Month: September 2013
Common sense trumps Common Core anyway
A Guest View from retired teacher, Joe Bottini, at the Utica O-D
September 25, 2013
http://www.uticaod.com/opinion/x882692747/GUEST-VIEW-Common-sense-trumps-Common-Core-anyway?zc_p=0
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate”
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate”
The Washington Post, by Valerie Strauss and Carol Burris
Send the Scores Back!
Don’t forget to Send the Scores Back! If you believe it is NOT okay to set children up for failure and if you believe in the children of NY State, SEND THE SCORES BACK. Return your child’s test results to NYS Education Commissioner, Dr. John King. Details at NYSAPE:
http://www.nysape.org/return-to-sender-statewide-drive.html
Summit for Smarter Schools
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 6:30-8:30 pm
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
“Join us to hear our panel of experts discuss the impact that socalled reforms are having on the quality of public education in New York state. We will also highlight common-sense ways to measure student achievement and teacher effectiveness that will help us “GET IT RIGHT.”
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