Marshall High and other turnaround high schools, in Chicago and nationally, face a thorny dilemma. Higher-performing students are being siphoned off through competition, driving down enrollment and raising tough policy questions about the future of these schools.
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By: Alexander Russo / May 07, 2008
From my friend Lucy Gray, who's a big fan of the Google Teachers Academy:
"I've been working with Google on various education initiatives for the
past few years, and I know that a Google Teachers Academy will likely
becoming to Chicago this fall as well, but nothing beats seeing their
extraordinary headquarters up close and personal, or so I am told!
"The GTA provides training several times a year for teacher leaders
on using Google Apps in classrooms. The next GTA will take place in
Mountain View, Califorinia, in June at the company's headquarters,
known to some as the Googleplex.The application process to participate
in the Google Teachers Academy and to become a Google Certified Teacher
is fairly straightforward, but competitive. For additional details and
an application, visit http://www.google.com/educators/index.html.
Also, note that Google has also announced today a new site for teachers called Geo Education http://www.google.com/educators/geo.html.
Geo Education provides all sorts of materials for incorporating Google
Earth, Google Maps, Google Sky, and Google SketchUp into classroom
instruction."
Please let us know if there's anything else going on that you'd recommend.
"The legislature really shouldn't try to micromanage Chicago's schools--especially in ways they would never interfere in the state's other school districts."
Yeah, because that never...