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“Damn” was her audible response
I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room. “Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed. Why Are Men SilentSearch BIS
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- “This has been the coldest season with the most ice since we started Arctic Watch in 2000. Almost no whales. The NWPassage is still blocked with ice. Some of the bays still have not melted!”
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Joanne Leonard
She “is” and hopefully soon to be “was” the Director of Accountability for the state of Georgia department of education. Find out about her expectations of students over at Joanne Jacobs web site. Her definition of “adequate education” is pathetic … Continue reading
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Warning for Parents of twins…
You probably want to stay away from the Seattle school system.
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Obama and education
Barack Obama chose Jeanne Century as one his educational advisors. John Dewey has an open letter to Barack in Ed News. It starts out… I am very distressed to learn about your selection of Jeanne Century as one of your … Continue reading
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Welcome to American Math
Welcome to America….where people are actually having a serious discussion about whether teaching kids advanced math as soon as possible is a bad thing. Is it any wonder our country lags behind in math/science? Read more about this nonsensical thinking … Continue reading
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NEA, one party rule?
That would be the National Education Association. Darren takes them to task for assuming the political party of their membership… “Ideally, NEA would have endorsed a candidate during the primaries, but our members are like voters everywhere,” said Weaver. “They … Continue reading
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Cool factors of math and science…
Interesting article about math and science competition in the Christian Science Monitor. “I think we have a generation where math and science became uncool,” says Dr. Jim Hamos, program director of the Math and Science Partnership Program at the National … Continue reading
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Teach students how to behave
Joanne Jacobs writes about teaching students how to behave at Webster Elementary, a school with mostly low-income Hispanic and black students, in San Diego. The end result… Now the school’s calm, cooperative atmosphere and good scores draw students from other … Continue reading
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Educational Challenges
Newmark’s Door extracts the critical quote from the NY Times article on the challenges of education in New Orleans… “Most of the kids come from broken homes,” he said. “Their parents are dead, in jail or on drugs. You can … Continue reading
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Standing in Place….
Joanne Jacobs rightfully concludes: The U.S. is standing in place educationally and watching othernations pass us by. Read her posting on stagnant schools.
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Government knows best
Newmarks Door tracks down Joel Klein and the cancellation of the 20 year old “Pizza Day” tradition at Queen’s elementary school. I can see the logic to restricting access to sugary drinks, etc, but we’re not talking pizza every day … Continue reading
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Lattice math…
I was at the Dr.’s office around lunchtime today and I got into a converstation with the young nurse about math. First I asked if she was taught long division. Yes, she answered, but her kids were being taught “lattice … Continue reading
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Responses to Rezek….
This is what I would call a “typical” Boulder response.. I wish to thank Professor Rozek for his column in the Sunday, March 30 Camera presenting overwhelmingly convincing statistical evidence that the more highly educated a person is, the more … Continue reading
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Ideological Incest…
The University of Colorado (CU) and most other universities suffer from it. Here are some highlights from an investigation done by author and CU Professor Emeritus Edward J. Rozek…. The following schools have no Republican administrators:College of Architecture 3/0College of … Continue reading
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Commonwealth priority
a synonym for underperforming. Instead of calling these schools “underperforming,” the Board of Education is considering labeling them as “Commonwealth priority,” to avoid poisoning teacher and student morale. Read what Joanne Jacobs has to say.
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