Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Education in the US
Education Secretary Arne Duncan
"Last week I went to Berkeley County, West Virginia, to begin an open, honest conversation about education reform. I wanted to hear ideas about how we can accomplish President Obama's goal of providing every child in America a complete and competitive education, from cradle through career. As we prepare for the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, I want to hear from classroom teachers and other educators, parents and students, business people and citizens. What's working, and what's not? What do we need to do that we're not doing, and what do we need to stop doing - or do differently?
In the coming weeks, I will ask questions here. Topics will include raising standards, strengthening teacher quality, using data to improve learning, and turning around low-performing schools. I will be reading what you say. So will others here at the U.S. Department of Education.Today, I want to start with a simple set of questions:
Many states in America are independently considering adopting internationally-benchmarked, college and career-ready standards. Is raising standards a good idea? How should we go about it?
Let the conversation begin!"
Arne Duncan
Friday, May 8, 2009
NCTM Every Child Counts
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NCTM Every Child Counts
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
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Some Quotes
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Mark Twain
If you give me four hours to chop down a tree, I will spend threesharpening my axe.
Abraham Lincoln
Tests alone can't evaluate teachers.
Gerald Bracey, researcher/writer in education matters
Judging mathematics by its pragmatic value is like judging symphoniaby the weight of its score.
Alexander Bogomolny, creator of "Cut the Knot"
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Because we know America can't out compete the world tomorrow if ourchildren are being out educated today, we are making the largestinvestment in education in our nation's history.
Barack Obama
To succeed, you must first improve; to improve, you must firstpractice; to practice, you must first learn; to learn, you must first ail.
Wesley Woo
Fail again. Fail better.
Jonathan Lundell
Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.
Lisa Alther, American novelist
Mark Twain
If you give me four hours to chop down a tree, I will spend threesharpening my axe.
Abraham Lincoln
Tests alone can't evaluate teachers.
Gerald Bracey, researcher/writer in education matters
Judging mathematics by its pragmatic value is like judging symphoniaby the weight of its score.
Alexander Bogomolny, creator of "Cut the Knot"
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Because we know America can't out compete the world tomorrow if ourchildren are being out educated today, we are making the largestinvestment in education in our nation's history.
Barack Obama
To succeed, you must first improve; to improve, you must firstpractice; to practice, you must first learn; to learn, you must first ail.
Wesley Woo
Fail again. Fail better.
Jonathan Lundell
Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.
Lisa Alther, American novelist
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