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Los Angeles Race to the Top

President calls for more local control, flexibility to schools

President Barack Obama switched his focus to education reform during his weekly radio address on Tuesday.The president has spent the past month...
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Sputnik or Bust: A race to the top...of what?

“This is our generation’s Sputnik moment,” declared President Obama with a vigor that gained him much applause at his State of...
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A formula for educational success

Dear LA Teacher, I’m afraid our kids are falling behind academically compared to students in Japan and South Korea. How will America compete...
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LAUSD's Race to the Top

  • News
  • December 26, 2009
January 19, 2010 marks the first of two application deadlines for states that wish to compete for coveted Race to the Top funds that have been...
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Socioeconomic status and classroom discourse

AbstractIn this report, I examine the effects of the dominant middle-class discourse on students of low socioeconomic status. Focusing on current...
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Total Physical Response: the Answer to Race to the Top

Since No Child Left Behind became law, America has continually increased standardized testing. State and federal departments of education use Title...
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Where's the OC?

In a time of crushing economic relities, especially in education, you would think administrators would be scraping for every bit of money they can...
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A Modest Proposal

  • teacher cerficiation
  • November 15, 2011
-By Johnathan Swift (as recorded by me)It is a pity that the outstandingcertification policyjust adopted by the RI Board of Regents does not fully...
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Dept of Education's No Child Left Behind Twitter Chat

  • No Child Left Behind Flexibility
  • September 30, 2011
A Twitter chat session will be hosted by the U.S. Department of Education's Carmel Martin on October 5, 2011 from 4-5 PM ET. In this chat...
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Value-added models of teacher evaluation

The idea made so much sense, and was so intuitively appealing, that it was included in the Race to the Top and is now included the new regime of...
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