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High School Reform — New Timeline and More
Gayle Worland Matthew DeFour in the Wisconsin Sate Journal has the story, there is a new timeline pushing implementation back to 2012-13, an extended input process, some backgorund, a more detailed rational and much more for the proposed Madison Metropolitan … Continue reading
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The Mess with West (Updated)
The Raunch Hands “Mess Around” (click to listen or download) [Update: I just got emailed this letter as a West parent. Crisis communication is happening. Not much new here, but some clarity.] The first steps with the “High School Curricular … Continue reading
MMSD “Gifted” Program Plan — No Thank You
The Madison Board of Education will be considering a “Talented and Gifted Program Plan” at their Monday, August 10, Student Achievement and Performance Monitoring Committee meeting. It is on the agenda as an action item for the August 17 regular … Continue reading
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Equity Inaction
Today was one of two opportunities for 8th graders in the West High School attendance area to take a test to qualify for Accelerated Biology next year (the other is tomorrow, May 6, 2009, 4:00 to 6:00 PM in room … Continue reading
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How to Spin a Story — Jay Mathews on KIPP Problems
The short version is that the first step in spinning a story is to ignore any information that undermines your position; the second step is to include information that supports your biases, and throughout use every trick in the book … Continue reading
Equity: What happened?
Click the image for more on this excellent book. It can be found in the Madison Public Library. The Board of Education will consider and vote on a new equity policy on Monday. There will be public appearances. In my … Continue reading
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Pass the Hatchet
“Let me chop it, let me chop it” Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet (listen) Marc Eisen of the Isthmus has checked in again on the Madison Schools with a column titled “When Policy Trumps Results.” This time … Continue reading
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