- At Dropout Nation: Read: Failing to Lead Department: https://dropoutnation.net/6z6 #edreform #edtech Bill Perkins Charter Schools #
- Another reason why "Alice in Wonderland" is one of my five favorite books. RT @davewiner: Algebra in Wonderland. http://r2.ly/2ikm #
- In DC, #DCPS is looking for summer interns http://www.k12.dc.us/internships.htm #edreform #education #MichelleRhee #
- Also in DC, Center City charter schools (formerly part of the DC Archdiocese) is also looking for interns: #edreform #
- @avalonsensei Congratulations! in reply to avalonsensei #
- Lesson: Practice patience. One day, you too may test someone's mettle. And you will want their kindness instead of their barbs. #
- Lesson: Just because you feel justified in chewing someone's head off doesn't mean it's right. Or good form. #
- Lesson: You can't forgive the trespasses of others when you feel good and ready. You have to do it as a matter of living a great life. #
- Lesson: In God, all things great and small are possible. But you still have to do the hard work and follow the Golden Rule. #
- Lesson: Practice what you preach. Someone is always watching, especially your kids. #
- Lesson: There's never a reason to talk loudly on your phone in a restaurant. Actually, there' no reason to answer the phone at all. #
- Lesson: Rude, nasty Christians and rude, nasty Atheists have a lot more in common than they would otherwise admit. #
- @alexanderrusso Rich Hess can say what he wants, but as NCTQ documented two years ago, state regs aren't ghosts. States truly control… in reply to alexanderrusso #
- @alexanderrusso what school districts can/can't do. in reply to alexanderrusso #
- @alexanderrusso Also, Hess always fails to consider the hefty role played by #NEA #AFT affiliates, who have the campaign cash and collective in reply to alexanderrusso #
- @alexanderrusso bargaining power to make gains at the bargaining table. Arguing against reality doesn't make the reality a myth. in reply to alexanderrusso #
- @alexanderrusso This doesn't mean districts can't make anything happen or pursue reform. But it does mean that they face plenty of barriers in reply to alexanderrusso #
- @alexanderrusso And unless there are strong champions (mayors, governors, etc.) at the table, they're fighting 2-front battles. in reply to alexanderrusso #
- RT @Edubeat: Detroit Public Schools (25% graduation rate) teachers unions …: #BlackEd #edreform #
- RT @alexanderrusso: Union protests re turnarounds seem belated, theatrical: been in process for months now http://is.gd/9UTPf #edreform #
- @alexanderrusso I would disagree that #NoChild has been done in. Especially since the likelihood of any action on reauth will happen… in reply to alexanderrusso #
- @alexanderrusso anytime soon. The law still remains in effect and the reality is that more parents are realizing that their schools aren't in reply to alexanderrusso #
- @alexanderrusso anywhere up to snuff. #
- @Aaron_Eyler I would disagree with your argument. Sure, no one is cookie cutter, but human beings aren't that individualized so in reply to Aaron_Eyler #
- @Aaron_Eyler as to be unsolvable. If anything, the data shows that the issues of academic failure are generally familiar across race… in reply to Aaron_Eyler #
- @Aaron_Eyler ethnicity, and so are the qualities of high-performing/low performing teachers and curricula. Education should be made in reply to Aaron_Eyler #
- @Aaron_Eyler as individualized as possible. But the argument you put up simply says "throw your hands up and forget any kind of anything." in reply to Aaron_Eyler #
- @Aaron_Eyler My position is that teachers who dislike #NoChild #RttT don't like change or think that the problems are too complex for any in reply to Aaron_Eyler #
- @Aaron_Eyler series of approaches. There is no silver bullet. But there are several. Teachers have to be stop complaining (especially since #
- @Aaron_Eyler teachers have unions that are influential and play major roles in decisionmaking) and start offering more than "no, no, no." or in reply to Aaron_Eyler #
- @Aaron_Eyler "it can't be done" or "it will fail." As I tell conservatives, standing athwart history yelling "stop" isn't a solution to in reply to Aaron_Eyler #
- @Aaron_Eyler a crisis that condemns the poorest and even many middle-class children to perpetual ignorance and poverty. in reply to Aaron_Eyler #
- @irasocol I would disagree. Certainly districts will attempt to game the system and push out kids, but that's not the fault of law. That is in reply to irasocol #
- @irasocol the fault of school systems that fail to take their roles seriously and a public willing to accept it. The solution isn't to in reply to irasocol #
- @irasocol oppose reform or do nothing (which libertarians at Cato often argue), but to actually use the law to hold districts fully in reply to irasocol #
- @irasocol accountable. By the way, the dropout rate didn't increase; if anything the graduation rate did increase. That said, #CPS has in reply to irasocol #
- @irasocol a long way to go before one can proclaim it a high-functioning district. It is better than most and has embraced a culture of in reply to irasocol #
- @irasocol reform more avidly than most. But as I noted on Friday, far too many boys aren't graduating on time (or graduating at all). This in reply to irasocol #
- @irasocol is unacceptable and Chicago will have to work harder in order to fix those problems. But you can't stem dropouts without in reply to irasocol #
- @irasocol addressing the systemic problems within American public education. You need to improve the quality of teaching, the quality of in reply to irasocol #
- @irasocol curricula, end social promotion schemes that merely pass on failing students until they reach high school and drop out, and create in reply to irasocol #
- @irasocol systems in which the adults take responsibility for the children in their care. Thanks for your thoughts Ira. in reply to irasocol #
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