Dropout Nation on Twitter for 2010-03-02
- @DianeRav Lesson from Central Falls: Sometimes you have to actually fire people in order to improve education quality. A system in which… #
- @DianeRav no one loses a job for poor performance and unwillingness to change is dysfunctional, damaging to the futures of children and #
- @DianeRav not incredibly smart to boot. Improving the lives of America's children is no tea party and shouldn't be treated that way. #
- Improving the lives of America's children is no tea party – and shouldn't be treated that way. #
- In N.J., students get more-individualized learning opportunities. http://s.nyt.com/s/FYj #education #edreform #
- RT @bigswifty @Ragtagduo @Stand4Children: Positive report from teachers on IMPACT (eval) in DC. http://bit.ly/cYOWXQ #edreform #rttt #TQ #
- RT @tvanderark: NYC #charterschool better and cheaper http://bit.ly/d2RngJ #edreform #edequality #education #
- RT @smarick: Ravitch/Viteritti 1997 "sometimes it may be necessary to replace ineffective schools with… charter schools.. #
- @graingered Everyone involved in #edpolicy is a 'special interest'. You too. So am I. So is #RandiWeingarten You can't exclude anyone from in reply to graingered #
- @graingered #edpolicy just because they take positions w/which you disagree. Anyone who pays taxes should be engaged in these decisions, in reply to graingered #
- @graingered especially since public ed will not improve w/o their engagement in #edreform in reply to graingered #
- @graingered by the way, we already have a multi-tiered system based on income (magnets and suburban public schools) and on organization type in reply to graingered #
- @graingered (public, parochial etc.). The latter isn't a problem if you provide ways for all to access them (i.e. vouchers). The problem is in reply to graingered #
- @graingered the former, especially w/in public education that denies equal opportuunities for high-quality education for all. in reply to graingered #
- @graingered Thanks for your thoughts. in reply to graingered #
- @ELWATERS thanks. Reading now. in reply to ELWATERS #
- RT @smarick: You. Ravitch/Viteritti, 1997, pp. 15, 36… RT @DianeRav What genius thought that closing schools would lead to better schools? #
- @bigswifty A lady is entitled to change her mind. But @DianeRav has verged on a Glenn Loury path to 'enlightenment'. in reply to bigswifty #
- RT @linkstoliteracy: Model Word Choice with Everything Spring by Jill Esbaum: http://wp.me/pHTNE-4G #literacy #education #
- RT @RobertTalbert: In case you missed it over the weekend, I blogged: Is Khan Academy the future of education? http://bit.ly/8Y1FXV #
- Grad Fact: 6th-graders w/failing math scores and missing more than 10 days of school have only 1:6 chance of graduating on time (if at all). #
- RT @charteralliance: President wants us to learn from effective #charterschools to help broader public school system, especially w/dropouts. #
- Off-ed: About time: ABC replacing 1-skilled reporters w/those who can shoot/edit/report. If I can do it, others can too http://bit.ly/cObSuJ #
- @dlg1972 not eay to get hands on, but possible for entire pop. of charters. I do know that Green Dot's two oldest scores grad. 90%. in reply to dlg1972 #
- BTW to reporters out there: Arthur Kent and other colleagues spent decades in Afghanistan, elsewhere handling own work. You can too. #
- RT @edreform: RT @JeanneAllen: Duncan says we R goin 2 turn around failing schools every yr & agrees what RI Super did is 1 way. #edreform #
- RT @Andrew_Coulson: Test Cheating by National Education Standards Agency ( Education and Child Policy ) http://bit.ly/acShX5 #
- RT @parentrev: Quick/Ed blog on ACLU tort and problems with seniority based hiring – "disaster for students" http://bit.ly/drhnkn #TQ #
- RT @CharterInsights: http://ow.ly/1cZUp Advice for cutting charter school (and district?) budgets. #edmanagement #edreform #
- RT @Andrew_Coulson Berkeley students prove they will even protest about Subway shops http://bit.ly/bwLLW0 #highered #tuition #UCmadness #
- RT @tomweber_mpr: Obama school turnaround includes 34 Minnesota schools – see a list here: http://j.mp/dnCPOm #edreform #smarickshakeshead #
- RT@Edubeat: I am careful not to confuse excellence w/perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. Michael J. Fox #
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