So education blog doyenne Joanne Jacobs and company have co-authored a report for the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Columbia University on “Understanding and Reporting on Academic Rigor.” (.pdf format, published June 2009): Remember the three Rs? Now there’s a fourth: rigor. It’s the buzzword in education. But translating the rhetoric about [...]
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Irony Alert: Report on Reporting Rigor Not Rigorous
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged AP, education, elementary school, Gifted, high school, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, Rigor, School, standardized testing, testing, weast on June 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Weast Gets Testy with Board: Longer School Day Needed
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At the June 23rd Board meeting Superintendent Weast smacked the board members, telling them they have a time constraint, and more importantly a budget constraint. Watch it. See Dr. Weast in action. Didn’t I tell you MCPS would be a great subject for a documentary? more about “Weast Gets Testy with Board: Longer …“, posted [...]
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