Friday, December 02, 2005

Critique of the Sam Dillon Piece, 'Students Ace State Tests, but Earn D's From U.S.'

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Check out Jerry Bracey's critique of the recent Sam Dillon piece on testing that appeared in the NYTimes titled, 'Students Ace Stat...
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Thursday, December 01, 2005

The Wall Street Journal: A lesson for Texas schools

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This is nonsensical. If money didn't matter you wouldn't have the richest districts in the state fighting tooth and nail to hold on...
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GOP ideas to reignite school finance battle

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Check out the report by the Texans for Public Justice watchdog organization. -Angela GOP ideas to reignite school finance battle Vouchers,...
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We've got our marching orders

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Tue, Nov. 29, 2005 We've got our marching orders By KENT GRUSENDORF Special to the Star-Telegram Throughout the Texas Supreme Court'...
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Helping high school kids pass life's test

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Helping high school kids pass life's test Schools should stress science, math, high expectations by Tom Luce Tuesday, November 29, 2005...
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Perry accused of neglecting Latino voters

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11/30/2005 12:00 AM CST by Gary Scharrer S. A. Express-News Austin Bureau AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry is disrespecting Hispanics by keeping a m...
Wednesday, November 30, 2005

'Revolution' in education learning a hard reality

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This story provides a good critique of the Edison Schools Project. Check out this quote: "But critics call Edison a "nail in the...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Lawmakers have lofty goal for Texas schoolchildren: Adequate

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The court ruled that funding is adequate despite Texas having the highest dropout in the nation. Also check out the Statesman's story ...

School champions held ground in Austin

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by William McKenzie They want funding to back higher student standards 04:57 AM CST on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 Texans of the Year? Simp...
Saturday, November 26, 2005

"Acting White" by Roland G. Fryer

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This published piece on "Acting White" tests Fordham and Ogbu's framework that connects to oppositional identities that they ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2005

School tax system unconstitutional

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Check out Greg Moses' summary in the Texas Civil Rights Review , and also MALDEF's response (scroll down), as well as that of the St...
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Trust power of bilingualism

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“Where bilingual education has failed, it has failed mainly because affluent Americans do not want to use their tax dollars to support a hig...
Monday, November 21, 2005

3rd-graders who fail state test often promoted anyway

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What this piece does not acknowledge is that the current system of testing violates professional ethics. Most fundamental is the ethical arg...

Panel on education, taxes is all business

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School finance is back in the news with the Texas Supreme Court making a decision on school finance shortly. Stay tuned. -Angela Critics no...

Gulf Coast officials worry that feds won't pick up recovery tab

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Mon, Nov. 21, 2005 By GRIFF WITTE The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- The federal government has spent or obligated through contracts more tha...
Sunday, November 20, 2005

My Mother's Obituary

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I want to share with blog readers my Mom's obituary link in the San Angelo Standard-Times , Nov. 12, 2005, as well as a November 20, 200...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Activist to Ask Judge to Punish State in English-Learner Suit

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Just came across this. Not sure of what’s happened since in Arizona, but this is really interesting. What is not said is also significant,...

Legislature OKs school takeover

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Legislature OKs school takeover Senate, House bills give control to state Tuesday, November 15, 2005 By Laura Maggi Capital bureau BATON ROU...