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Teacher effectiveness to be revisited May 27
Alabama reading gains hold steady, advance
Cameron's Big Dreams
Both/And Club – want to join?
05-17-2010 Comments
Education News in Alabama for May 17, 2010
At its May 13 meeting, the board considered 2 resolutions to improve student learning. One would connect multiple measures of student achievement with educator evaluation systems.
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At its May 13 meeting, the board considered 2 resolutions to improve student learning. One would connect multiple measures of student achievement with educator evaluation systems.
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03-26-2010 Comments
Education News in Alabama for March 26, 2010
According to the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), considered the "gold standard" of rigorous assessment:
- Alabama's 4th graders held strong to the historic 8-point gain made two years ago, again scoring 216, just 4 points shy of the national average
- Alabama's 8th graders advanced 3 points to 255. Only nine states showed progress with their 8th graders.
01-28-2010 Comments
By Cathy Gassenheimer
Take a minute and look at the photos scrolling at the top of this page. With the exception of the results graphic, all of these pictures feature Alabama students and educators. Spend a little more time looking at the picture of a student reading with a retired educator. There’s a story there.
Cameron is a fifth grader at Wrights Mill Road Elementary School in Auburn. He has big dreams... Read More...
Take a minute and look at the photos scrolling at the top of this page. With the exception of the results graphic, all of these pictures feature Alabama students and educators. Spend a little more time looking at the picture of a student reading with a retired educator. There’s a story there.
Cameron is a fifth grader at Wrights Mill Road Elementary School in Auburn. He has big dreams... Read More...
01-13-2010 Comments
As we search for ways to help schools achieve more, it’s tempting to frame solutions as “either/or” choices. So often we take sides and expend a lot of time and energy insisting that our choice is the answer and must prevail. For example:
• Either we teach students to read using phonics OR we employ whole language.
• Either we teach kids to memorize important math facts OR we focus on the why and how of math.
• Either we teach a traditional core curriculum focused on mastery OR we teach kids how to get ready for our rapidly changing world by fully integrating technology and the Internet into our instruction.
I don’t know about you, but I’m more than a little weary with all these turf battles. I’m thinking about starting a both/and club. Want to join?!
I’m convinced that in most – if not all – of these endless debates... Read More...
• Either we teach students to read using phonics OR we employ whole language.
• Either we teach kids to memorize important math facts OR we focus on the why and how of math.
• Either we teach a traditional core curriculum focused on mastery OR we teach kids how to get ready for our rapidly changing world by fully integrating technology and the Internet into our instruction.
I don’t know about you, but I’m more than a little weary with all these turf battles. I’m thinking about starting a both/and club. Want to join?!
I’m convinced that in most – if not all – of these endless debates...
