Monday Morning News Chicago looks to 'turnarounds' to lift failing schools Christian Science Monitor
The drastic approach is known as "turnaround," and Chicago is embracing it more than any US city, though it's unproven and is controversial among teachers, many parents, and students.
3 new magnet schools on tap Sun Times
Second campuses of the hugely popular LaSalle Language Academy and Disney Magnet are expected to emerge this fall in the aftermath of a CPS proposal to shake up 19 schools -- the first wave of as many as 50 school closings or consolidations over the next five years.
A $340 million deficit leaves Chicago Public Schools pleading with ... Medill Reports
CPS plans to cover the remaining $250 million deficit by drawing $50 million from its reserve fund and by budgeting $20 million from projected increases in property tax revenue. The district will petition legislators in Springfield for the remaining $180 million.
Whitney Young tops battle of brains again Sun-Times
Students from 30 Chicago high schools were tested on a variety of subjects, including music and speech, but only Whitney Young and seven other schools are ...
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 10:16 AM
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Free Online MIT Course Materials
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm
For Teachers
Our goal is to make it easy for you to find resources you can use to inspire your students.
We've selected a range of materials to help you:
* Show science demonstrations by MIT faculty in your classroom.
* Provide alternate explanations to reinforce key concepts.
* Guide students to additional homework problems and exam examples.
* Add to your knowledge.
You can use this site to help your students:
* Understand concepts by watching video demonstrations.
* Study for AP exams.
* Sample the kind of work they'll be doing in college.
I teach carpentry and architectural drafting/design
email if you want to do some projects together
Send email
Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 4:33 PM
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Hey Arne,
You don't have to go all the way to Springfield for your money! Just bop on over to the 5th floor and see if you can shake loose any of the $500,000,000 in TIF funds taken from my property taxes last year.
Love,
Bill (a CPS parent) Sherlock
You don't have to go all the way to Springfield for your money! Just bop on over to the 5th floor and see if you can shake loose any of the $500,000,000 in TIF funds taken from my property taxes last year.
Love,
Bill (a CPS parent) Sherlock
Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 7:40 AM
Monday Morning News
Study: Texas school system fosters low graduation rates
A study by Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin shows that Texas' public school accountability system, the model for the national No Child Left Behind Act, directly contributes to lower graduation rates.
By analyzing data from more than 271,000 students, the study found that 60 percent of African-American students, 75 percent of Latino students and 80 percent of English-as-a-second language students did not graduate within five years.
Each year, Texas public high schools lose at least 135,000 youth prior to graduation. Researchers found an overall graduation rate of only 33 percent.
The exit of low-achieving students created the appearance of rising test scores and of a narrowing of the achievement gap between white and minority students, thus increasing the schools' ratings, the study showed.
What's more, the study indicated that the higher the stakes and the longer such an accountability system governs schools, the more school personnel view students not as children to educate but as potential liabilities or assets for their school's performance indicators, their own careers or their school's funding.
Among other findings, the study showed a relationship between the increasing number of dropouts and schools' rising accountability ratings, finding that the accountability system allows principals to hold back students who are deemed at risk of reducing school scores -- but a high proportion of students retained this way end up dropping out.
A study by Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin shows that Texas' public school accountability system, the model for the national No Child Left Behind Act, directly contributes to lower graduation rates.
By analyzing data from more than 271,000 students, the study found that 60 percent of African-American students, 75 percent of Latino students and 80 percent of English-as-a-second language students did not graduate within five years.
Each year, Texas public high schools lose at least 135,000 youth prior to graduation. Researchers found an overall graduation rate of only 33 percent.
The exit of low-achieving students created the appearance of rising test scores and of a narrowing of the achievement gap between white and minority students, thus increasing the schools' ratings, the study showed.
What's more, the study indicated that the higher the stakes and the longer such an accountability system governs schools, the more school personnel view students not as children to educate but as potential liabilities or assets for their school's performance indicators, their own careers or their school's funding.
Among other findings, the study showed a relationship between the increasing number of dropouts and schools' rising accountability ratings, finding that the accountability system allows principals to hold back students who are deemed at risk of reducing school scores -- but a high proportion of students retained this way end up dropping out.
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