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An education reform warning for Democrats
If there is one area where there is bipartisan support in President Obama's agenda, it is education reform. And that's too bad. Here to explain the history of this -- and why it is a problem -- is Jeff Bryant, a marketing and communications consultant for nonprofits. Bryant is a marketing and creative strategist with nearly 30 years of experience the past 20 on his own as a freelance writer, consultant, and search engine marketing provider. He has also written extensively about public education policy. This post appeared on the Education Opportunity Network, a new online publication edited by Bryant.
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Henderson outlines plan to retain D.C. students after closing 15 schools
Ever since D.C. Chancellor Kaya Henderson announced plans to close 15 city schools, activists and politicians have peppered her with different versions of the same question: How will she persuade students from closed schools to stay within DCPS instead of fleeing to charters?
Read full article >>Fairfax County, Wolf Trap team up in the classroom
At a Capitol Hill briefing on Tuesday, officials from the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts and Fairfax County public schools superintendent Jack D. Dale outlined the progress of a joint initiative funded by the Education Department.
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Fairfax teachers express frustration with workload, other issues
Hundreds of teachers expressed frustration and despair at a town hall meeting with Fairfax County school board members Monday night, detailing what many educators described as terrible morale in the workforce.
Read full article >>Michelle Obama links movement to better test scores
First lady Michelle Obama, in an interview with SiriusXM host B. Smith being aired to mark the third anniversary of her "Let's Move" campaign, said that allowing students to get up and move around helps them concentrate better and get better test scores.
Read full article >>The Choice Blog: I’m Admitted. Now What?
AT&T's lousy lessons for kids
No, ATT, more is not always better than less, and faster isn't either, and neither is bigger — even if your ads to promote phones with 4G say so, in staged conversations with kids, no less.
It's not that I'm not charmed by the kids, which I'm not. It's the crass messages in these ads, in which an adult sits with a group of kids who are asked whether they think more is better or bigger is better or faster is better. Of course they do, Like the adorable little girl who says, "It's better to be fast to not be bitten by a werewolf and then you'll be turned into one and then you will have to stay in and then you will have to be shaved because you are too hot "
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The Learning Network Blog: Test Yourself | Math, Feb. 27, 2013
Biggest study ever says KIPP gains substantial
KIPP, previously known as the Knowledge Is Power Program, has had more success than any other large educational organization in raising the achievement of low-income students, both nationally and in the District. But many good educators, burned by similarly hopeful stories in the past, have wondered whether KIPP were for real.
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