Flier Distribution Policy Is Ruled Unconstitutional By Lori Aratani Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, August 11, 2006; B02 A federal appeals court ruled...
Maxwell wants schoolwide IB at three middle schools By RYAN BAGWELL, Staff Writer Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell wants every student in three county middle...
Hi Everyone - Nice to hear from Eric the other day about this year's upcoming CAC meetings. I have some data on teacher qualifications that may be of interest...
Teacher turnover is definitely a concern but also the number of days that teachers are absent from the classroom should be reviewed and policies concerning...
Hi All - Second email with charts. These charts display the percentage of teachers, by feeder system, who have 5 years experience teaching, or less. This is a...
Same note. When I first sent this, I used an email account that yahoogroups may not have recognized. This is a re-send from the proper email account. SJ Hi...
Note. When I first sent this, I used an email account that AACAC may not have recognized. So I'm sending it again from a better account. SJ Hi All - I'm...
Hi All - Second email with charts. These charts display the percentage of teachers, by feeder system, who have 5 years experience teaching, or less. This is a...
Steve, thanks for putting this information out to the group. I found the charts and your analysis very informative and it provides one element of a very large...
Eric - this is Kelle from Shady Side. FYI: If we do start digging into the data and pulling different statistics such as those that have been presented, I...
Hi Alison - Tony Ruffin, the public information officer at AACPS, sent me a sheaf of printouts, roughly one page per school, covering last year's workforce in...
I think someone who had such impressive ideas and seems very informed should consider becoming a member of the School Board!! I see a lot of people that...
Steve -- Is there evidence that shows that teachers with more experience are more effective instructionally. My anecdotal experience has often been that new...
Hi Lisa - I don't follow the journal articles written by those who actually crunch the numbers on such things, but the people I work for do follow those ...
Lisa- Great point. Steve presented his bar charts and analysis at an Annapolis Cluster meeting that I attended a few weeks back and a similar question was...
Hi, Steve -- First a comment on seniority, one good point is that all schools should have a mixture of experienced and new teachers. New teachers very much...
Please refer to the AACPS website for more supporting information. The release also supports the C-WCAC push for a focused, concerted effort on the "middle...
The information regarding middle school and elem AYP will be posted today on mdreportcard.org, they post all of the information for all schools in MD. ... ...
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These two article from this week really touch on a lot of what we've been talking about - the middle school issue and academic measurements (thanks to Tom...
Eric -- These numbers at the high schools is certainly eye opening. I did not realize that the compulsory age of education is 16 in the state of MD until...
Hi Gene - Thanks for the email. A good addition to the discussion! I agree with drilling down. And I concur that we want to avoid one size fits all thinking....
Steve: I whole-heartedly agree that we need to look at a strategic plan for each school (even if 2/3 of them will be the same). The next step would be, like...
I was a little shocked at the amount of Middle Schools that failed AYP. I also feel this will NOT be the case next year. We should consider it a wake call...
Reminder from the Calendar of AACAC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AACAC/cal County-Wide CAC Meeting Thursday August 24, 2006 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This event...
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As checking your e-mails, or visiting the AACAC Yahoo Group, our meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 8/24, at 7PM. We will be in the Board Room at the Dr....
Reminder from the Calendar of AACAC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AACAC/cal County-Wide CAC Meeting Thursday August 24, 2006 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This event...
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Folks- Thank you all who were able to attend, I think we accomplished a bunch but have a lot more to do. It was great to have Board member Michael Leahy in...
