So how do we know that we are meeting the rigors of common core when we still can’t figure out how to apply growth outcomes to the New York State Regents exams? There’s a lot riding on data, and supposedly our alignment to Common Core is supposed to prepare our
In elementary schools and a more traditional high school setting, school leadership may have an easier time establishing a discipline policy. The reason for this is that the steps of discipline are easy to follow when the whole group can be subject to the levels in place. If a student
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In the last few weeks, I have been spending a lot of time trying to identify my dissertation topic. I can’t believe that I am at the point of drafting my premise document and preliminary literature review. It’s frightening and exciting all at the same time, mainly because I am
Besides waiting for the NYC Report Card, the site visits conducted by your authorizer are usually a nail biting experience, especially if things are going wrong. As a first year school, the onus is even larger, because you have to demonstrate that you have the capacity to do what you
Time to talk about checkpoints. For most of the schools that opened in September, things are finally settling down and we have some breath left to take stock of the progress being made in several areas. I want to counter this first by saying that it’s really hard to take