I will step carefully here around voicing opinions. This is a huge issue in my school district, San Francisco Unified, and not so simple as it may sound: <<<...
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Deborah Meier
deborah.meier@...
Feb 1, 2007 11:40 am
In the absence of a good story, broad criticism of the sort below miss their mark. I've seen far more self-censorship tha naive foolishness, more giving in...
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NY TIMES
Feb 1, 2007 11:40 am
January 31, 2007 Small Schools to Be Added by September By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN The city Education Department yesterday announced that it would open 20 small...
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Barbara Cervone
bcervone@...
Feb 1, 2007 11:41 am
Dear Colleagues, Some of you may already know that year and a half ago our small nonprofit, What Kids Can Do, launched a publishing arm, Next Generation Press...
Apply Now to Become an Urban Public School Principal Final Application Deadline is March 1, 2007 Organization Description: Great schools are led by great...
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Jill Herman
jill.herman@...
Feb 1, 2007 11:43 am
congrats! ... From: Dan French To: smallschools@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:46 PM Subject: [smallschools] pilot schools in los angeles ...
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Michael Klonsky
smallschoolsworkshop@...
Feb 1, 2007 1:56 pm
I think Gary has a point when he talks about working in partnership with the district. Certainly we can't see district administrators as irrelevant and or as...
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Dan French
Dan_French@...
Feb 2, 2007 2:13 pm
Here at the Center for Collaborative Education in Boston, one lesson we learned from our first Gates grant is that incrementalism does not get schools where...
Edison honcho John Chubb's blast at the study is mind-blowing, considering the bogus studies Edison has put out over the years, and the fact that for years...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Feb 2, 2007 2:15 pm
Report: Managers fall short in Phila. schools Their costlier 5-year gains lag the district’s, it said. By Susan Snyder Inquirer Staff Writer More...
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Susan Harman
susanharman@...
Feb 2, 2007 2:15 pm
Who would go through the incredible work of starting and running a small school if districts were ideal homes? Of course autonomy is an attack on districts; if...
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Deborah Meier
deborah.meier@...
Feb 2, 2007 2:16 pm
I'm glad, Mike, you could read my e-mail. I have to start using my spell check on this new gmail. You have got to the heart of it: the public. There needs...
Posted on Thu, Feb. 01, 2007 Nationally, hired firms have had little effect Cities trying them have included Baltimore, Dallas, Hartford. And the Phila....
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Gary Lichtenstein
gdlqed@...
Feb 2, 2007 2:17 pm
Mike, Thanks for your thoughts. I agree that autonomy was initially a way to talk about teacher and school community empowerment. But to EMO’s, the ...
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Susan Harman
susanharman@...
Feb 2, 2007 2:18 pm
Diana— Having just learned that youre closing shop, I ordered several copies of Reinventing, because I thought it was wonderful and expect to still use it....
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New York Sun >
Feb 2, 2007 2:18 pm
January 31, 2007 Edition > Section: New York > Printer-Friendly Version A study released in November by the New York Immigration Coalition and Advocates for...
CALL FOR PROPOSALS (see below and pdf attached) Progressive Education Network National Conference San Francisco, California October 4-7 2007 CHALLENGING OUR...
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Washington Post
Feb 2, 2007 2:19 pm
Study Disputes Philadelphia School Changes Bloomberg News Friday, February 2, 2007; A02 Philadelphia students who attended public schools managed by private...
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Deborah Meier
deborah.meier@...
Feb 5, 2007 4:03 pm
All good points, and worth taking seriously in any district in which there are more teachers than openings. We solved it in NYC by being pretty specific about...
Susan, I used t think this about charter schools. Although I agree with you, I'd like to believe that perhaps "good" school districts that make good choices...
Very well put, Michael. Autonomy talk must address the question of autonomy from what? And as Deborah Meier is saying, accountability talk should address the...
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Chicago Tribune
Feb 5, 2007 4:05 pm
Death shakes social order at high school ... By Michelle S. Keller Tribune staff reporter January 31, 2007, 8:55 PM CST The cafeteria at Taft High School has...
L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa's "education reform efforts" are all about privatizing/charterizing the school district, of course. Wouldn't it be nice if public...
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PEN Weekly Newsblast
Feb 5, 2007 4:06 pm
THE PUBLIC SEEMS TO GET IT While poring over the data from the latest Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools,...
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jnathan@...
Feb 5, 2007 4:06 pm
Fascinating discussion thanks to Klonskys for facilitating this. Autonomy is a means toward certain vital goals: higher student graduation rates, higher rates...
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Medford Mail Tribune
Feb 7, 2007 3:06 pm
South sophomores to enter theme-based schools Medford School Board expands scope of the Oregon Small School Initiative By Paris Achen Mail Tribune The...
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Deborah Meier
deborah.meier@...
Feb 7, 2007 3:07 pm
Part of the dilemma that Dan so well describes is also the result of other obstacles--such as NCLB. The relentless focus on reforms that can be measured by...
In my district (San Francisco Unified), when we have seen charters and small schools fail or struggle, the standard script is that it's all the fault of "lack...
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Pioneer Press
Feb 7, 2007 3:07 pm
It's too early to say which of the city's high schools might become the high-tech school, Carstarphen said. But it would serve as a demonstration site to...
Joe, I am stuck by this passage (below) in your posting on autonomies. I believe it is surprising how little use is made of the powerful tools of networking...
