First off, now that we at the Institute have caught up with our own holiday “business” a bit, we hope all our readers had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Along those lines, we know many of you were involved with family and didn’t have time to read our blogs from around December 18th to the end of the year.
So, in honor of everyone’s ever more constricted time, here is a brief listing of our blog items from that period organized by subject. You can click on the title to go right to the article.
*Graduation, graduation rate reporting and related issues
More on those dubious graduation rate statistics
Educators fearful about honest graduation rates
The door to a decent life
One out of five kids not on track with peers
*Charter schools/school choice
U.S. charter schools at 5,000 and growing
Mississippi turning again to charter schools?
Charter schools in Texas grow in popularity
More on Texas Charters
Florida's charters perform a lot like Texas'
Quote of the day: Parental (school) choice needed
Charter schools not part of Ky.'s Race to Top
College prep academy earns the title
Oakland charter is a federal Blue Ribbon School!
Connecticut charter school cleans up state rankings
Charters aren’t just for inner city locations
*On Teaching and Teachers
Teach for America working in Tennessee
Prichard brings board of education chair’s frustration to mind
*Spending your tax dollars
Getting realistic about KEES scholarships
Politicians' pensions
Quote of the day: Try this on, Frankfort
Government and the gallows: History repeats itself, again
Bills would place state spending online
*Your right to know
Superintendent evaluations shouldn’t be hidden from the people
*Dubious evaluations of test results
Is the school scoring deception expanding?
Would you call this “Substantial” progress?
Monday, January 4, 2010
Holiday blogging review
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