Around The Other Blogs CTU joins elected school board petition drive PURE
The Chicago Teachers Union will distribute copies of the petition for an elected school board at their Delegates' meeting this Wednesday.
Pride for Our School (and some anger for those who don't get it) Chicago Moms Blog
I'm angry that families in my neighborhood, and even on my block, who could also send their kids to this school and dedicate their time and resources to this school, instead choose to send their kids to private schools.
Unfortunate rumor Drummond School
May 1, 2008 Dear Parents, It has come to our attention that several of our families are under the impression that they will need to leave Drummond or make other plans for the future if they do not live in the neighborhood of the school. Please understand that nothing could be further from the truth.
Happy when it rains Chicago Teacher Man
We were off to our annual camping trip, twenty students and their gear piled into two cars and a 15-passenger van.
Life in the Ownership Society Small Talk
Susan Graham, a Fellow of the Teacher Leaders Network, pans Checker Finn’s self-aggrandizing autobiography and sticks a pin in his over-sized ego in this Teacher magazine review. Graham reveals Finn as an unreflective boob, a failed educator, who now trades on his connections.
Death Comes to Marshfield Avenue Marshfield Tattler
Here's
what the articles won't tell you. Jason was the kind of young man who
would wish you a blessed day. He was a short guy with a sparkly stud in
each ear and the big smile he inherited from his mother. In a
neighborhood where most kids don't make it through high school, he had
graduated from Perspectives Charter Schools South Loop campus. The last
I heard he was working for UPS.
Vallas for Governor? Division Street
Can anyone doubt now that Paul Vallas would have been a better governor than Rod Blagojevich?
Remember that being included here doesn't imply my support or an endorsement.
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Wed May 7, 2008 at 12:30 AM
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15 April, 1:56pm ?????????????????
CTU joins elected school board petition drive
never herd this or what it is about. almost like HRC "we are going all the way to the white house"
It is over MS!
What's up Alexander that is some old stuff there. Almost one month and never pushed by the CTU.
Sounds like kinda of a scam save face effort.
CTU joins elected school board petition drive
never herd this or what it is about. almost like HRC "we are going all the way to the white house"
It is over MS!
What's up Alexander that is some old stuff there. Almost one month and never pushed by the CTU.
Sounds like kinda of a scam save face effort.
Wed May 7, 2008 at 9:47 AM
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Let me be the first to chime in here. The Recovery School District announced excellent gains on their state test scores yesterday. The socres improved in 29 of 230 areas and many of the improvements were double digit increases. See the NY Times and all the New Orleans papers.
So now the fools will start to try to minimize and question these increase. But the bottom line is they had big improvements. These improvements were larger than the state improvements and larger than the increases in the New Orleans charters.
Once again Vallas has proven to be an extremely successful superintendent.
And he would be a breath of fresh air as a governor.
Congratulations Mr. Vallas. Now come on home to Illinois.
So now the fools will start to try to minimize and question these increase. But the bottom line is they had big improvements. These improvements were larger than the state improvements and larger than the increases in the New Orleans charters.
Once again Vallas has proven to be an extremely successful superintendent.
And he would be a breath of fresh air as a governor.
Congratulations Mr. Vallas. Now come on home to Illinois.
Wed May 7, 2008 at 11:28 AM
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An administrator from another school asked a colleague of mine why our math scores turned out to be so low. Not sure how he knew about scores already, I went to my principal. When I asked him if scores were in, he said he hadn't received them yet.
Who's lying? How would anyone know what the ISAT scores are already if, supposedly, principals haven't gotten them yet? Is there some sort of secret administrator society that receives the info and then tweaks it to make sure kids pass? How would anyone know what ISAT scores are unless there's a leak?
Has anyone else encountered this situation? I'm concerned that somehow, someway, people in the wrong positions would have access to this information and cause an uproar. What's going on with CPS?
Who's lying? How would anyone know what the ISAT scores are already if, supposedly, principals haven't gotten them yet? Is there some sort of secret administrator society that receives the info and then tweaks it to make sure kids pass? How would anyone know what ISAT scores are unless there's a leak?
Has anyone else encountered this situation? I'm concerned that somehow, someway, people in the wrong positions would have access to this information and cause an uproar. What's going on with CPS?
Wed May 7, 2008 at 7:40 PM
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concerned comments...I would like to know if the schools have the ISAT scores.
Wed May 7, 2008 at 10:54 PM
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schools will have scores in two weeks. Are some getting them earlier? Please do tell...
Thu May 8, 2008 at 7:36 AM
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I was told at report card pick up that the teachers get the scores in the first week of June.
Thu May 8, 2008 at 2:29 PM
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We haven't received ours yet, but our principal said the schools will be receiving them in May, within the next two weeks, supposedly. I don't know who to believe anymore.
Can you post about this, Alexander? I'd like to hear more answers, but I don't think a lot of people saw my original comment because they missed the Around the Blogs post.
Can you post about this, Alexander? I'd like to hear more answers, but I don't think a lot of people saw my original comment because they missed the Around the Blogs post.
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