This post offers a snapshot of how charter high schools are performing in Memphis, Tennessee when it comes to student achievement with low-income students.
Just the Facts: Charter High School Performance in Memphis
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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Reforming the Reformers
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JC Bowman from Professional Educators of Tennessee says that education reform has become focused on data at the cost of loosing its focus on students as its number one priority.
Data Doesn’t Lie: TN Charters Are The Real Deal
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Charter schools continue to expand both nationally and here in Tennessee. Detractors claim they are fools gold, while proponents tout their effectiveness. Who’s right? Check out this piece detailing the impact charter schools are making here in Tennessee.
Gates Calls for Common Core Testing Delay
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The Gates foundation and PET correctly call for a two-year moratorium on using common core testing in high stakes education decisions.
Fear: The Enemy of Common Core Solutions
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Common Core opponents have been very successful at whipping up fear against the standards using hyperbolic statements and unsubstantiated claims. But the real thing our students need to fear is a wholesale repeal. The standards need a tweaking, not a repeal.
Open Letter to Jersey Jazzman
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An open letter to the blog Jersey Jazzman on his response to our piece “Poverty Doesn’t Dictate Academic Outcomes.”
Poverty Doesn’t Dictate Academic Outcomes
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James Aycock of Grizzlies Prep shares two stories about his personal experiences that have convinced him that poverty does not determine academic outcomes; one with is son and one with his students.
Performance Based Tests Take the Guesswork Out of Assessing
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Adopting performance based assessments allows teachers to delve deeply into student’s conceptual understanding of content.