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ArticlesReframing the Equity Debate
It is not difficult to find factors outside of school that have enormous influence on student performance and education opportunity.
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ArticlesResilience Through Adversity
Like many districts, Indiana’s Elkhart Community Schools faced a host of challenges due to the recession. So how did the district manage to thrive despite hard times?
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Seven Keys to Restoring the Teacher Pipeline
Discover constructive ideas for the teacher shortage.
We don’t need to speculate about the causes of the teacher shortages that have been playing out in many parts of the country.
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Sizing Up Your Leaders
Evaluting your superintendent is important, but rankings are often ambiguous or politicized. How can you make superintendent assessments a valuable tool for change?
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Skeptics and Cynics
One demands evidence before embracing change, while the other resists it at all cost. Here’s why you should listen to the skeptics and avoid the cynics when making crucial decisions
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Straw Men and Performance Assessment
In a recent address to the California Board of Education, Professor E.D. Hirsch offered a number of insightful comments with regard to educational reform generally and performance assessment specifically.
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Tackling Complexity
When you are sorting through competing theories and multiple sources of data, take Einstein’s advice: Make everything ‘as simple as possible, but not simpler’
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Take back the standards: A modest proposal for a quiet revolution (4 Parts)
The criticisms of academic standards are well established. Some states have established standards that are too voluminous, too specific, not specific enough, and most of all, linked to the tests that critics love to hate.
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Taking the Grading Conversation Public
Suggesting grading reform can be risky business. Here’s how to keep the discussion productive and on track.
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The Case Against the Zero
Why the zero on the 100-point scale is inaccurate and destructive.
This is not a trick question. If you are using a grading scale in which the numbers 4, 2, 2, 1 and 0 correspond to grades of A, B C, D and F, then what number is awarded to a student who fails to turn in an assignment?
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Three Challenges for Education Leaders
Although the demand for 21st century skills has spawned a good deal of enthusiasm, the reality of curriculum in K–12 education remains firmly rooted in the traditions of past centuries.
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The Extracurricular Advantage
To create the most positive classroom environment possible, education leaders must consider not only what happens inside the classroom, but also everything that affects students throughout the day. Extracurricular experiences are an important ingredient in this recipe.
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