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My district is making decisions about its cuts to the budget right now. What will be considered sacrosanct? I think we’re at a point where instructional coaches will be sent back to the classroom to fill in for retirees, but we have not reached a point Read More...
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Has anyone created a March Madness bracket for the Race to the Top states? It really is the true madness. Filed under: Money Read More...
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Here is the first piece of bad news for employees, schools, and districts. Filed under: Money Read More...
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I had a conversation with the superintendents in my district last week, and we discussed the implications of getting on board the Race To The Top bus. According to the superintendent, one requirement for even asking for funds awarded to the state if the Read More...
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Swift’s ingeniously written (and ironic) essay “A Modest Proposal” has no business being in the same sentence as South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer. However, if you haven’t read Swift’s satirical work recently, it begins with this: A Modest Proposal Read More...
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I read a couple newspapers this week, and a number of articles centered on the looming toil facing legislators during this next session. Most of the suggestions were the standard suggestions; however, two specifically caught my attention. In the Seattle Read More...
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Well, I’ve said unions are not the enemy of education reform many, many times. Unions just refuse to allow their members to lose ground when it comes to compensation, benefits, and working conditions. Plus, union leaders recognize that the recent trends Read More...
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Here’s a post I published back in July, and it seems fitting again now with so many people asking teachers to (again) have their pay frozen or cut: ———————————————- I play basketball during lunch time with a group of doctors, lawyers, and other people Read More...
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Does this GraphJam.Com chart have any similarities to your district’s spending habits? Check out other charts at GraphJam.Com . Sometimes their graphs hit a little close to home. Posted in Administration, Money, Sports Read More...
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According to a Seattle Times article , teachers spend “an average of $751 a year on classroom materials above what they are reimbursed from their districts.” Some teachers reported spending as much as $3,000 out of their own pockets for school supplies. Read More...
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The high school dropout rate is an issue of national concern, but now a study reveals how expensive those dropouts really are. According to an Education Week article : If half the students who dropped out of the class of 2008 had graduated, they would Read More...
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On a Seattle Education blog , I read that in the 1950s corporations paid 80% of taxes, but now they pay 12-15%, which of course means the middle class has picked up this burden. If these statistics are correct, it sure seems to indicate that tax breaks Read More...
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If you live in Washington State, please vote “no” on I-1033. This would place caps on the revenue generated annually in Washington State which could be placed into general funds with the rest being given back to property owners. In a time of extreme budget Read More...
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I went to one of the presentations by Senators McAuliffe and Oemig, and I came away thinking that what they say sounds nice and makes the public happy to hear, but they don’t have anything specific to say except that “the system is broken.” “Thanks, but Read More...
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“California could lose out on millions of federal education dollars unless legislators change a law that prevents it from using student test scores to measure teachers’ performance, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is expected to announce in a speech Read More...
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