Last week the US Government released a report showing an estimate of how American students would fare if they took the Trends in International Math and Science Study, which measures how primary students fare in international studies (courtesy of the… Read More ›
Happy November to all the educators out there! Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner. Here are your edlinks for the past few days: Dorsey Hopson sends a memo to Shelby County educators in the municipalities addressing concerns about… Read More ›
Several edlinks from the past few days: Tennessee department of education comes out with a report on bullying last year, reporting 5,478 confirmed cases. MCS/SCS makes up over one fifth of all cases in the state. Michael Kelley at the… Read More ›
Several edlinks from the past few days: State Rep. Bill Dunn (R-Knoxville) has written a decidedly anti-Pre-K editorial in the commercial appeal. I have a couple thoughts on this. First, why is a representative from a small government part who… Read More ›
Several stories and links from the past few days: Kevin Huffman joins the Tennessee Education blogosphere! He did point out a few interesting pieces of info, especially regarding Tennessee’s PLAN and EXPLORE (basically Mock ACT) tests rising above national norms… Read More ›
Jaclyn Zubrzycki at edweek has written an extensive, in depth piece summarizing all the changes that are transpiring in Memphis related to education reform. She speaks to all the major education power players in Memphis including Chris Barbic (ASD) Athena Turner… Read More ›
Your edlinks for Wednesday, October 2nd: Commercial Appeal: Jane Roberts confirms that schools and colleges shouldn’t experience much impact from the government shutdown. “Right now, nobody is panicking, but there certainly are question marks if this continues on for weeks… Read More ›
Slow few days for news on the education policy front. Here are some highlights: Cato institute: The Cato institute gives Tennessee a “D” in school funding transparency. From the article: While Tennessee has years of data on per-pupil costs, it… Read More ›
Lots of stories from Memphis, Shelby County and around Tennessee today. I’ll refrain from long textual quotes and let y’all click the links you want yourselves. Here are your edlinks for 8/19: Kevin Woods and Ken Whalum will square off… Read More ›
If he had to do it all over again, Martavious Jones would still push for the unified school district. “I would do it if, considering what we were facing at the time, what we were facing is the threat of… Read More ›
