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Size Matters?

I guess it depends on who you ask. According to an article in today’s Washington Post, while reducing class size has often been hyped as a means to close the achievement gap, new findings show that it may not matter as much as we’ve been made to think.


Ms. Trantham goes to Washington—her WA Caucus, that is!

CaucusThis weekend, I shunned my usual Saturday attire of stained sweat pants and high school track t-shirt, got myself out of bed and went to my local caucus. While I was a bit disappointed that education was so thoroughly left out of the conversation—a co-worker confirms her caucus didn’t talk about it either, what’s the deal people?—I was impressed by the incredible number of young, issues-savvy voters who participated.

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Cities Aiming Higher

South Boston. Chattanooga, Tenn. Prince George County, Md. These aren’t cities readily know or recognized for their education reform effort. But, according to this New York Times article, despite their differing populations—all of which include high populations of minority students—each urban school district has radically changed the way they prepare their students for life after graduation.


What can’t Bill Gates do?

Bill Gates It’s certainly a question I’ve wondered before. The Microsoft chairman and philanthropist extraordinaire has poured $3.4 billion in to school improvements and scholarships since 2000 and now he’s trying his hand at influencing voters in 2008.


Editing 68 pages

As ed folks here in Washington State revamp our math standards and continue to debate curriculum, teacher training and assessment issues, it seems the Bush Administration has got the same idea.


Reading we mostly don't

The Wenatchee World

Does teaching math have to be a war?

One could say I grew up straddling the two sides of the so-called “Math War. Up until sixth grade, I attended a school that taught traditional math basics. I sweated through timed quizzes, was docked points for failing to show a certain step in long division and, to this day, if someone threw a Koosh ball at me while stating a standard math problem, I probably could make like Pavlov’s dog and recite the answer.


Hello, India? I Need Help With My Math

New York Times
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Post-Sputnik, it's a creeping crisis.

Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth. Launched by the Soviet Union, Sputnik has been viewed as the feat that started the space race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. It also spurred a push towards improving the math and science skills of American students


All teachers are not created equal

“In teaching, you go as fast as the slowest person,” summed up George Miller, House Education Committee Chairman in this article. He's introduced a new NCLB bill that gives federal grants to exemplary teachers and principals based on performance.


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