Monthly Archives: January 2009
Education in Doyle’s “State of the State” — The Road to Ruin
I’m having some trouble understanding what Governor Jim Doyle meant to communicate about education and education finance in his State of the State speech. There was at least one good thought on the topic, I’ll give him that: A second … Continue reading
Education Tweaks
As always, past and future Education Tweaks can be found here. Thomas J. Mertz
Filed under Best Practices, education, Gimme Some Truth, National News, nclb, No Child Left Behind
New Madison School Blog — Wit and Wisdom
A MMSD math teacher has a “new” site and blog, Wit and Wisdom,with some good math education materials and observations on local and national education policy. It is worth checking out. The blog has been added to the AMPS Resources … Continue reading
Filed under Best Practices, education, Local News
Jim Doyle, a Governor for 1984?
“Not getting cut is the new increase in this budget.” Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle speaking to the Wiscosnin Association of School Boards Convention. 1984, David Bowie (click to listen or download) There were lots of rumors about Doyle seeking a … Continue reading
Quotes of the Day — Accountability
The federal No Child Left Behind Act has succeeded in highlighting the poor math and reading skills of disadvantaged children. But on balance, the law has done more harm than good because it has terribly distorted the school curriculum. Modest … Continue reading
Filed under Accountability, Best Practices, Elections, National News, nclb, No Child Left Behind
Andy Hall, Moving On
Andy Hall, long time education reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal is leaving the paper to start a nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Andy is a fine reporter and will be missed. Andy writes clearly and always does his … Continue reading
Filed under "education finance", education, finance, Gimme Some Truth, Local News, School Finance, Uncategorized
Education Tweak #6
All the EdTweaks can be found at http://edtweak.com/. Thomas J. Mertz
Filed under Best Practices, Gimme Some Truth, National News, nclb, No Child Left Behind
One Contested Seat — Madison School Board
I had been thinking about a post asking and speculating why Madison would have two consecutive school board elections without contested seats (I’m still interested in the lack of candidates, may post on it later and would love to read … Continue reading
Filed under education, Elections, Local News
Quote of the Day – “A better approach”
A better approach for state leaders is to concentrate on closing the gap between what the state requires school boards to spend and the amount the state allows school boards to collect in revenue. Wisconsin Sate Journal, editorial January 6, … Continue reading
Non Sequitur of the Day — More from the MMSD Math Report
[Edited 10:25 PM] Assigning a meaning and interpretation to the decline in mathematics achievement scale scores over eight years is more difficult. As indicated in Exhibit I.3, the racial composition of the MMSD changed over this same period from about … Continue reading
Filed under Best Practices, education, Equity, Local News, Uncategorized
