He doesn’t know me, but through the years Mr. Kelly and I have crossed paths–most recently last week–thanks to the educational paths of our kids. Just came across his marvelous tongue in cheek (?) description of Your Typical Back-to-School Night: “Hello, parents, and welcome to back-to-school night. Please find a seat in your child’s homeroom. [...]
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I Heart John Kelly
Posted in School, tagged education, MCPS, parent involvement, School on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Stop the Presses! Mathews on Misguided Math Acceleration
Posted in School, tagged acceleration, challenge index, education, high school, Jay Mathews, math, middle school, SAT, School, testing on September 22, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Jay Mathews, as they say, has some “‘splaining ” to do. From his column in today’s Washington Post. Nobody writing about schools has been a bigger supporter of getting more students into eighth-grade algebra than I have been. I wrote a two-part series for the front page six years ago that pointed out how important [...]
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