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This Week's #PTChat: Pros & Cons of Longer School Days | |
By Joe Mazza on December 9, 2012 | |
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Five states have approved adding 300 hours to school days in an effort to close achievement gaps and re-imagine the school day. Join us to discuss the pros and cons of kids spending more time at school! Read more... |
This Week's #PTchat - Education Through the Eyes of US Presidential Candidates | |
By Joe Mazza on October 22, 2012 | |
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This Wednesday night at 9PM EDT/6PM PST, we'll be talking politics and the future of U.S. Education on #PTchat (Parent-Teacher Chat). Nikhil Goyal (@nikhilgoya_l), a 17 year-old student and author of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student's Assessment of School will answer questions and offer ideas during our chat according to his lens as a student attending today's schools. Read more... |
How to Revitalize Your School-Parent Compact | |
By Marilyn Price-Mitchell, Ph.D. on May 15, 2012 | |
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Does your school have a School-Parent Compact? Is it old and dog-eared -- filed away for no one to see? With the help of the Connecticut Department of Education, your school can revitalize your compact into a meaningful collaborative tool for family engagement! Read more... |
What Parents & Educators Want from Student Assessments | |
By Marilyn Price-Mitchell, Ph.D. on April 19, 2012 | |
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A must-read report for parents, educators, and school administrators, "For Every Child, Multiple Measures: What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments" by the Northwest Evaluation Association provides powerful information to discuss the critical role of parents and families in children's education. Read more... |
Waiver? What's a Waiver? | |
By Myrdin Thompson on February 23, 2012 | |
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As the current administration has made clear the lack of progress on ESEA re-authorization has created a road-block to education innovation and reform. As a result states were given the option to "opt-out" of current NCLB requirements (some of which mandated that every student be proficient in math and reading by 2014) and create their own measures of student college/career readiness/success. No pressure, right? Read more... |
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