Michael Keany's Blog – July 2011 Archive (45)

Let's Aim Beyond Standards By Yuhang Rong

Let's Aim Beyond Standards

By Yuhang Rong

 

Raised by my grandparents, I grew up in China. After every major exam, my school ranked every student. No matter how well I did, I was never the No. 1 kid in the class, and my grandmother never seemed satisfied. One day after she scolded me again for only scoring 96 on a math test instead of a perfect 100, I resentfully asked her, “Why can’t everyone be number one?” She looked at me with an all-knowing…

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Added by Michael Keany on July 8, 2011 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Leveling the Playing Field: How to Make Standardized Test Preparation Accessible to All Students by Andrea Alexander

Leveling the Playing Field: How to Make Standardized Test Preparation Accessible to All Students

by Andrea Alexander - 51687

Edutopia

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Added by Michael Keany on July 8, 2011 at 1:35pm — No Comments

Have the teachers' unions come around? by William J. Bennett

Have the teachers' unions come around?

by William J. Bennett

(CNN) -- The vote to endorse President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012 by the nation's largest teachers' union, the National Education Association (NEA), was not exactly a surprise.

As Jonah Goldberg…

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Added by Michael Keany on July 8, 2011 at 8:57am — No Comments

Where Are Parents in the Education Partnership? By Walt Gardner

Where Are Parents in the Education Partnership?

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Added by Michael Keany on July 6, 2011 at 10:08am — No Comments

Smells Like School Spirit By DAVID BROOKS

Smells Like School Spirit





NY Times

Aspen, Colo.

Diane Ravitch is the nation’s most vocal educational historian. She once was one of the leading intellects behind the education reform movement — emphasizing…

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Added by Michael Keany on July 1, 2011 at 6:56am — No Comments

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