• More challenges on #BlackEd #edgap front: Low-income Latino kindergartners show stronger skills than low-income blacks #
  • Ladies and Gentlemen in our black communities: We must do a better job preparing our children before they enter school #BlackEd #edreform #
  • Of course, this is true for Latino families. The Latino kindergartners may have stronger skills, but by Grade 4, at least 1 in three #
  • are behind in reading, testing Below Basic proficiency, based on Grade 4 NAEP scores for 2009. This means more-rigorous curricula #
  • improving instruction and teacher quality, and stronger parental engagement. #
  • Charter schools being used by Mich. to bail out #teacherpensions by being forced into retirement system http://is.gd/bS6yw (ht @CorpusNews) #
  • This also points to Fordham's latest report noting that charter schools are being forced to comply with more regs of dubious value. #
  • Of course, like other teacher pensions, Mich.'s is in trouble. Loss of $18 billion between 2007-08 and 2008-09. (Pg 19) #
  • Also, Mich.'s pension has a $9 billion deficit and $26 billion in uncovered retirement healthcare liabilities outstanding. #
  • RT @DouglasCrets: Arkansas Policy Foundation releases a research paper ahead of May 4 Virtual Ed Conference #edreform #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Save 150 Teens An Hour (why #edreform is needed) https://dropoutnation.net/sos #edgap #gradrate #
  • @ToughLoveforX Thanks. As I had mentioned in a later passage, Latino achievement gaps grow as kids continue in school. This goes back to in reply to ToughLoveforX #
  • @ToughLoveforX woeful classroom instruction, curricula of low rigor and schools failing at parental engagement. Also, we need to create in reply to ToughLoveforX #
  • @ToughLoveforX systems that provide parents the school data and information on high-quality education they need to make good decisions in reply to ToughLoveforX #
  • @ToughLoveforX about the kind of schools their children should attend. Sadly, these are problems for all families. in reply to ToughLoveforX #
  • And no wonder why many of our teachers are poorly prepared. RT @JoanneLeeJacobs: A is for average #TQ #edreform #
  • @DR_E_WATERS Thanks. in reply to DR_E_WATERS #
  • Also PTA CEO Garrett speaking. RT @WarmLines_MSPP: See Arne Duncan Speak at Mom Congress 10:45 a.m. http://www.parenting.com/momcongress #
  • M. Baisden effort RT @trueheart4life: Call For Mentors, OMM Tour: BALTIMORE, 7PM on 05/13/2010 #blacked #edreform http://tinyurl.com/2fjw49f #
  • RT @ToughLoveforX: The prob is "families" have changed. Schools have not adapted to this new reality. True for all. But shows at the BoP. #
  • RT @ToughLoveforX: New "families" at the Top of the Pyramid go for homeschooling and tutors. Everyone else…has to find the right solution. #
  • RT @kidlutions @dropoutnation: Dropout Nation Podcast: Save 150 Teens An Hour (reasons for #edreform https://dropoutnation.net/sos #edgap #
  • R.I.P. Lynn Redgrave A great actress. #
  • Really? RT @matthewktabor: “The system that educates 97 percent [of all US students], no one’s paying any attention to.” #ravitch #edreform #

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