The "innovation" schools are small by design....Edward Weber, principal at Science and Medicine, says it is the best environment he has found in 22 years in...
Dear Fellow Educators: I am studying how people reason about bullying in high school. The purpose of the questionnaire below is to explore how people reason...
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NJ.Com
Sep 2, 2009 5:55 pm
Urban Academy is one of five alternative high schools the Newark school district, in partnership with several nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, will...
<http://www.bobpearlman.org/Articles/Making21stCenturySchools.htm> Making 21st Century Schools: Creating Learner-Centered Schoolplaces/Workplaces for a New...
Ms. Santos also credits some of the small schools in the city that have a mission to serve English-learners as helping to improve the city’s overall ELL...
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NY DAILY NEWS
Sep 10, 2009 1:48 pm
New York Daily News Smack to school: Parents protest outside Harlem Success Academy 2 New York Daily News And it's not the only school looking at web-based...
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SMALLTALK BLOG
Sep 10, 2009 1:48 pm
SmallTalk: Keeping ELL grad rates a secret By Mike Klonsky One bright spot in Zehr's report is a group of N.Y. small schools that that have a mission to serve...
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Liberty Tribune
Sep 11, 2009 9:12 am
Small school sees big gains Liberty Tribune Franklin Elementary, one of the smallest schools in the Liberty School District, had among the biggest gains this...
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jnathan@...
Sep 11, 2009 12:54 pm
minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/10/charter-schools-high-marks/ Five metro-area charter schools receive high marks in new study by Tom Weber,...
Thanks Joe. Nice piece. Here's the way the Star-Tribune covered it. What do you make of the difference? Student achievement varies in Minnesota charter-school...
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Barbara Cervone
bcervone@...
Sep 14, 2009 2:17 pm
AYV International Photo Competition Winners--and a new call for submissions! WINNING AND COMMENDED PHOTOGRAPHS We are delighted to share the winning...
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jnathan@...
Sep 14, 2009 2:17 pm
Mike asked about some of the reporter's assertions in a Minneapolis newspaper story I shared last week. Here's a letter written by the director of one of the...
Finding the best size for school By Kate Merriam BBC News social affairs analyst Picture a space station, where self-contained ships plug into a bigger ...
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jnathan@...
Sep 15, 2009 9:19 pm
Nontraditional' St. Paul charter schools show success But cooperation falls short, report says St. Paul Pioneer Press (2nd largest daily newspaper in...
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NEW YORK TIMES
Sep 15, 2009 9:19 pm
“It’s a world apart from the old factory model of the high school with its rows of desks, textbooks and memorization,” said Ms. Martinez, whose...
There was no opinion or criticism in that news story -- it simply reported the test scores....
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Joe Nathan
jnathan@...
Sep 18, 2009 9:59 pm
This is a request for advice. One of the participants in the Mn Dept of Education/Center for School Change leadership academy has asked about a book...
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Deborah Meier
deborah.meier@...
Sep 18, 2009 10:04 pm
See Linda Nathan's new book--it will be out in a few weeks. I once rote an essay--Dissent?--on what I do day by day! I'll look at my bibliography on my...
Friday, September 18, 2009First union charter school in Mass. <http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2009/09/first-union-charter-school-i\ n-mass.html> The...
Re Joe nathan’s request: One of my favorites is Any Hargreaves’ Sustainable Leadership. It’s fairly big picture, however, rather than day to day or very ...
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jnathan@...
Sep 21, 2009 11:29 am
Deborah, please let us know how we can access your essay. I looked on Dissent website and was not able to find it. Re Linda Nathan's new book - would welcome...
A New Arts School Prepares for Its First ActOn opening day of the brand-new Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, students were both anxious...
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Mary Utne O'Brien
muobrien@...
Sep 21, 2009 1:28 pm
And of course the Wallace-funded, Point-of-View documentary that aired on PBS last week, the Principal Story, is a rich and spectacularly compelling accounting...
Joe et al, Here is the info on Boston Arts Academy Prinicipal Linda Nathan's excellent new book, The Hardest Questions Aren't on the Test: Lessons from an...
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Deborah Meier
deborah.meier@...
Sep 23, 2009 9:00 pm
I asked my son to work on finding it. Of course both my books are about my experiences as a principal. And Linda Nathan's latest is marvelous!!! ... -- ...
