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Daily Archives: 3 September 2010
Happy labor day weekend!!!
Looking forward to our family cookout with friends this weekend!! It’s a holiday on Monday, it’s Labor Day. We should remember that…
There is no progress without struggle! Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men w… Continue reading
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Ready? One…two…
I was on my way out my school building after work when my co-teacher called “Maria! You’re on the DCPS website!!” I replied, “yea, that was last summer about our new DCPS-WTU teachers’ contract”. She said “No, you are with another student, ab… Continue reading
Posted in DC Public Schools, Teachers/ Educators, WTU
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Economic Stimulus Funds Fuel Development of Common State Assessments
One of the most popular criticisms of No Child Left Behind is its emphasis on standardized assessments. In part, the concerns about these tests result from NCLB’s requirement that each state develop its own curriculum and achievement standards and its own test to judge student performance. As a result, there are 50 different standards and 50 different tests, which make it impossible to compare how students are performing across the nation. Yesterday, in hopes of addressing this criticism, the U.S. Department of Education, as a part of the Race to the Top Program, awarded $330 million to two groups of… Continue reading
Posted in NCLB/ESEA, Race to the Top, U.S. Department of Education
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