Joe, Of course you are right about the headline of the post which should have said "nearly half" instead of "half the schools reqired to offer students...
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Dec 1, 2003 2:59 pm
Smaller schools planned for area don't all fit model 12/01/03 Rosa Marķa Santana Plain Dealer Reporter The kind of small schools that Microsoft founder Bill...
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Small Schools
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Dec 1, 2003 3:00 pm
Oakland Tribune Instead of closing campuses, Siegel said the district should use vacant space to open more small, autonomous schools, which have a track record...
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Small Schools Workshop
Dec 1, 2003 3:01 pm
IN BRIEF / SAN DIEGO Gates Foundation Gives $11 Million to Schools From L.A. Times Staff and Wire Reports November 27, 2003 The Bill and Melinda Gates...
CONTRA COSTA TIMES Posted on Sun, Nov. 30, 2003 101d222.jpg Montessori attitude tests well By Suzanne Pardington CONCORD - Eagle Peak Montessori School...
Greetings everyone, As you may know, I have relocated to the New York City Department of Education-working on a professional development lab school called City...
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Joe Nathan
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Dec 2, 2003 3:55 pm
Mike and I agree on the value of multiple measures. I am very sorry that Congress agreed to use ONLY standardized tests for the NCLB act. Center for School...
I love that they quote a janitor, possibly the only person who really knows what is going on there. I wanted to hear more! Jerry Mintz AERO ...
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rwisehart@...
Dec 3, 2003 6:07 pm
We have infused habits of mind/habits of heart into our 9th grade English curriculum. We do a lot with Socratic seminars to hit habits of mind and lots of ...
I'm wondering whether anyone has been thinking about the "one room schoolhouse" model for urban application. It seems to me that this is a model worth...
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Susan Harman
susanharman@...
Dec 3, 2003 6:08 pm
Mike and Joe-- If you and the many like you had stood up to tests (there are no good tests, although there is plenty of good assessment) years ago, the ...
Mr. Nathan takes issue with Catalyst's article on NCLB and the listserv's shortening of the headline. Now, as someone who has studied linguistics, teaches...
It was with great sadness that we received the news of the passing of Dr. Bruce McPherson. Bruce died on Thanksgiving Day, at home and in the company of his...
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Small Schools Workshop
Dec 4, 2003 1:37 pm
A Question of Scale By John Gehring Education Week Cicero, Ill. A brand-new Chicago-area junior high, built for 4,000 students, flies in the face of the...
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Nancy Sutton
nsutton@...
Dec 4, 2003 3:26 pm
Steven - Congrats on your relo to DOE! Development of a professional lab school sounds like wonderful work! You're just the one who could help make this a...
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Small Schools
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Dec 4, 2003 3:27 pm
A MIRACLE REVISITED Gains in Houston Schools: How Real Are They? By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO and FORD FESSENDEN Dec. 3, 2003 OUSTON - As a student at Jefferson Davis...
Greetings, Certainly, neither Mike nor Joe needs me to defend them or their work-they are and have been at the center of the struggle for public education for...
FROM SOUNDOUT.ORG http://www.soundout.org/planning.htm From Researchers to Planners (Orange, CA) In 1991 a small middle school here was brought to life with an...
Small is bountiful Tiny, remote schools cash in big time By Deb Kollars -- Bee Staff Writer - (Published December 3, 2003) Last of four parts California's most...
Walloon Institute sponsored by Heinemann Workshops. The 15th annual summer courses for teachers, principals, and parent leaders will be held July 11-15th in...
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Joe Nathan
jnathan@...
Dec 5, 2003 4:47 pm
For what it's worth, Mike and I have been talking about the importance of multiple measures for decades. I do disagree that there are no good tests, but will...
The new trend is toward "autonomous" small schools which have their own principals, faculty and budgets, said Tamara Scheinfeld, of the district's Office of...
School thinks small in effort to win big NYC program got funds from Gates By Judith Graham Tribune national correspondent December 8, 2003 NEW YORK -- There is...
Check on Fishers Island, New York. I believe there is a one room schoolhouse there that is K-12 Ray ... From: Monte Joffee To: smallschools@yahoogroups.com ...
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Joe Nathan
jnathan@...
Dec 8, 2003 4:55 pm
Over and over again I read that NCLB is designed to prove public education can't work. If that is truly the case, than people ought to take it up with Senator...
Paysant tables scheme to remake Hub schools By Kevin Rothstein Globe Wednesday, December 3, 2003 Fierce opposition to a plan to remake several Hub schools...
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Small Schools Workshop
Dec 9, 2003 11:15 am
The move to turn King Middle School into an elementary school has created the most controversy, with supporters of the 430-student school expressing fears that...
Invitation to Educators, Education Teams, Education Academics and Education Business & Community Partners to Submit Papers for 'Snapshots Please pass on this...
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Small Schools
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Dec 10, 2003 3:44 pm
As the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation underscores with its "small schools" initiative, the most pressing educational problem facing the United States is how...
