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An abridged version of this post appears on the K2Twelve blog. For one reason or another I am unable to post the complete version there, so I’m doing it here: I caught the tail end of the Crime Dramas episode of the PBS series, Pioneers of Television. Of the detective show I have the fondest
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When I think about Singapore, I think of the curious accents of its citizens (speaking Cantonese and English). I think of school children in white button-down short sleeve shirts with starched collars because it is perpetually summer. But I can only imagine it being perpetually summer. I have never been there. As a teacher and
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Whenever I see an article about “pay for grades”( like the piece in the ASCD’s March 2009 newsletter) or “merit pay” like in the (Commentary in the March 11, 2009 issue of Education Week) I am reminded of a story I heard many years ago in a documentary about the communism in China. I want
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We should be able to look every second grader in the eye and say, ‘You’re on track, you’re going to be able to go to a good college, or you’re not,’ Right now, in too many states, quite frankly, we lie to children. We lie to them and we lie to their families. Where were
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My eldest was one of the kids who took the citywide gifted and talented test meant to bring equity to the city’s gifted and talented programs. Despite scoring well on the test, my son has been denied a seat in any gifted and talented programs. It began a several months ago when my wife and
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My eldest was one of the kids who took the citywide gifted and talented test meant to bring equity to the city’s gifted and talented programs. Despite scoring well on the test, my son has been denied a seat in any gifted and talented programs. It began a several months ago when my wife and
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