schools Archive

  • No Child Left Untested

    This is a pretty tired subject, I realize.   I’m a professor in a teacher education program, so we talk about No Child Left Behind and its consequences a good bit.   But this week is STAAR week here in Texas and my kids-Stuart especially-are […]

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  • GradeSpeed: Friend or Foe?

    I think I was a freshman in high school when I got my first C-in Algebra II-on my report card.   I was sick about it. I knew I had been struggling, but I guess had foolishly hoped that when all the final grades were […]

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