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Are Top Students Getting Short Shrift? - Room for Debate
Lumping all students together in one class may help average and struggling children, but does that come at a cost to top performers?I think it is of very limited benefit and burdens the better students. -
Done Well, Differentiation Works - Room for Debate
Certainly our most advanced learners need better than the content they are now being served. But is plucking them out of mainstream classrooms a solution?I do not think it does work. Give them some competition and some content to learn a well as an exam that will motivate them. -
Acknowledging the Trade-Offs in Differentiation - Room for Debate
Teachers tend to focus on the middle of the pack. Or, more typically of late, on the least proficient students.No "of late". This is not a new problem. There are no one room schools left that I know of. -
Unrealized Potential - Room for Debate
In an 'all together' classroom, instructors will end up teaching toward the middle — far below the level that our advanced students need to achieve their full potential.I suspect instruction will center near the bottom. Everyone benefits from that. The top benefits least. -
House Sets Up Battle on Funding Social Programs
Our country gets the government it elects.
The federal government will remain frozen for the next year.
It is still a race to disaster. Europe will get there first. -
CorbinKappler
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Are Top Students Getting Short Shrift? - Room for Debate
Lumping all students together in one class may help average and struggling children, but does that come at a cost to top performers?Yes.
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Crossing Over, and Over
Prohibition does not work.
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In Classrooms, the Ideal vs. the Reality - Room for Debate
I hope that even in the “average” and “remedial” tracks, teachers are pushing students to perform beyond the arbitrary boundaries.The curriculum is not under the teacher's control. The time alloted is also not really under local control. -
Adam Clarke
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Are Top Students Getting Short Shrift? - Room for Debate
Lumping all students together in one class may help average and struggling children, but does that come at a cost to top performers?I think yes. It will happen at exam time if no where else.An exam that will spread the bottom will not sort the top.An exam That will sort the top will not sort the bottom.A curve will not stretch so far meaningfully.Then there is homework and attention from the teacher.
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tomhkirk
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Never Heard That Before
Davos, SwitzerlandThomas Friedman was horribly wrong then and appears to still be wrong. I am just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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A New Goal for an Old Idea - Room for Debate
When instruction is geared to passing mandated tests, the idea of tailoring lessons to challenge those students who already “get it” goes to the bottom of the to-do list. -
Shloime Perel
California: Deal May Save Some Courts
Drastic cuts to the San Francisco Superior Court may be less severe under an agreement announced Wednesday, with 100 jobs and 11 courtrooms saved.September 1, 2011MORE ON THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET CRISIS AND: COURTS AND THE JUDICIARY, LAYOFFS AND JOB REDUCTIONSBudget Cuts Add to the Wait in California Courts
San Francisco will close 25 courtrooms, reduce clerks’ hours and lay off more than 175 employees, effectively bringing much of the business of the court to a crawl.August 24, 2011MORE ON THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET CRISIS AND: COURTS AND THE JUDICIARY, LAYOFFS AND JOB REDUCTIONSCalifornia Scrutinizes Property Tax Exemption of Nonprofits
Some counties are re-examining the freedom from property taxes of nonprofits. The most likely reason is the state’s budget woes.August 15, 2011MORE ON THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET CRISIS AND: NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TAX CREDITS, DEDUCTIONS AND EXEMPTIONS, PROPERTY TAXESSharp Cut In Program For Needy
The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program is losing $1.5 million that would have gone to the Bay Area, leaving food banks scrambling to make up the difference.August 14, 2011MORE ON THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET CRISIS AND: POVERTY, FOOD BANKS AND PANTRIES, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND TRENDS, SAN FRANCISCO (CALIF)A Scalpel, Not an Ax, for Medicaid
Beneficiaries should be allowed to challenge cuts in payments to doctors and hospitals.August 12, 2011MORE ON THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET CRISIS AND: STATES (US), HEALTH INSURANCE AND MANAGED CARE, EDITORIALS, MEDICAID, SUITS AND LITIGATION, DOCTORS, HOSPITALSThe legislature still thinks it can cut its way to prosperity.I hope the electorate figures it out soon. -
One of 3 Chosen for Nobel in Medicine Died Days Ago
The committee made the award before he expired. The prize will stand. -
ABC News and Yahoo News Announce Content Deal
I just don't like ABC news. Yahoo is a real nuisance too.
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Teachers Can Differentiate With Technology - Room for Debate
When students are at different levels, some will be bored by a lesson while others are confused -- and either can make students disruptive.-
Technology to Reach Everyone
Paul E. Peterson, professor of government, Harvard
It might work in a one room school.
I really doubt it will work in a class room.
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Toil and Trouble Over the Caldron That Is Greece
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A Smart Electricity Grid Is Crucial - Room for Debate
Once businesses and individuals can see what drives up their electric bills, a wide range of new energy business models will emerge.
The "smart grid" is for billing. The benefit is to the power company.Consumers need an extension cord that measures kilowatt hours and resets with a switch. I do not trust them to subtract.
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