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Why Are You Running? The Race for School Board Leadership is On
March 27th, 2012
If you have attended local school board meetings, you’ll know they can be thoughtful, productive, policy-focused, and decisive. They also can be long, tedious, weed-strewn, raucous, and frustrating. Were it not for the significant responsibilities that board members have for the quality of our schools, one might wonder why anyone would...VIEW ARTICLE
Teachers Support Common Core and Other Reform Policies
March 21st, 2012
Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released the 2012 “Primary Sources” report (PDF), an annual survey of teachers’ views on their profession. I was particularly interested to see how my colleagues across the country viewed the ongoing implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The report’s findings...VIEW ARTICLE
Down and Out in Laurel: State names financial recovery team for school district
March 19th, 2012
News that the state had named a financial recovery team to help manage Laurel School District’s finances was not wholly unexpected. The district, which now expects a $106,000 budget shortfall for the current fiscal year, has been steadily sounding alarm bells about its dire fiscal predicament over the past several months, including the...VIEW ARTICLE