Achievement gap and testing posts

Why the Achievement Gap Matters and Will Remain

also reposted at NEPC

Bitter Lessons from Chasing Better Tests

WhatWorks at Riley Institute/Furman University

WhatWorksSC^sm

Individualized/differentiated instruction must have full political/administrative support to be effective, but education suffers a great deal of fads and shifting commitments despite the body of evidence on effective instruction being rich in years and stable.

— Dr. Paul Thomas, Associate Professor of Education, Furman University

What's one of South Carolinians' top strategies for achieving educational competitiveness in our state?  Making education more individualized for students was identified as essential to school improvement in the Riley Institute's groundbreaking study on public education.  The corresponding section of WhatWorksSC, which ties key strategies identified in that Riley Institute study to some of the best initiatives in South Carolina, is now available, click here.

Read "Making Education More Individualized for Students," co-authored by Valerie Harrison, Ph.D., Former Deputy Superintendent in the South Carolina State Department of Education, and Paul Thomas, Ph.D., associate professor of Education at Furman University.  See also a case study on Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and an evolving clearinghouse of other promising initiatives in the state.
WhatWorksSC^sm also includes in-depth looks into community learning centers, early childhood education, dropout prevention, effective teaching, and school leadership.

Strawman argument is all they have at Schools Matter

Strawman argument is all they have at Schools Matter

reposted at Daily Kos

Schools with Power to Adapt to Individual Children, Deborah Meier

Schools with Power to Adapt to Individual Children, Deborah Meier

(Link to one of my Daily Kos diaries included)

At Schools Matter: Public Discourse about Public Discourse: Talking Education Reform

Public Discourse about Public Discourse: Talking Education Reform

Now blogging at Schools Matter

I am honored to be joining the blog roll at Schools Matter

New piece accepted for Journal of Educational Controversy

Excited new piece accepted for Journal of Educational Controversy.

More info to follow. . .

Public Discourse about Public Discourse: Talking Education Reform

Public Discourse about Public Discourse: Talking Education Reform

Cross-posted at Schools Matter

Poverty and Education: Questions Raised, Questions Ignores

Poverty and Education: Questions Raised, Questions Ignores

NBA/Charter schools at The Answer Sheet

Daily Kos piece reposted at The Answer Sheet

NBA finals and ‘no excuses’ charter schools

God Bless you, Dr. Kevorkian. . .

'Dr. Death' Jack Kevorkian is dead at 83

and Dr. Kevorkian always makes/made me think of Kurt Vonnegut. . .

God Bless you, Dr. Kevorkian

so it goes. . .

NBA Finals and "No Excuses" Charters

NBA Finals and "No Excuses" Charters

Teaching is a Skilled Position

Teaching is a Skilled Position

(cites my recent commentary in the NYT)