Entries for March 2010

Race to Top Enters Home Stretch With 16 Finalists

posted on March 05, 2010

Michele McNeil and Lesli A. Maxwell detail for Education Week the 16 finalists in the national Race to the Top competition. Click here to read this a...

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Posted in: School Turnaround

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Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades

posted on March 04, 2010

Trish Williams and Michael Kirst report on key findings from their study of California middle schools in this excellent, detailed article. They ...

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Posted in: School Turnaround, Improving Practices, The Mission is Proficiency

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The Aging Brain is Less Quick, But More Shrewd

posted on March 01, 2010

In the ever-exciting, ever-expanding field of brain research, the latest studies show that, while the older adult brain is less quick to pick up new t...

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Posted in: How Effort Shapes Ability

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The Proficiency Delusion

posted on March 01, 2010

Mark Schneider writes for Education Week about the discrepancies between some states' reported proficiency rates and their scores as tested by the NAE...

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Posted in: Standards & Assessment, The Mission is Proficiency

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