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• Calling All Researchers: How Do We Use Class Time?

  In our continued effort to bring additional perspectives to Eduflack's discussion of education reform, following is a guest blog post from John Jensen, Ph.D.  We'll be seeing a few more posts from Dr. Jensen later this week ...

  There are at least two good reasons for doing research about educational methods.' [...]

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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:46am EST
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• Beginning of End for ESEA Reauth?

  If one talks to those on Maryland Avenue, there has been a relatively steadfast belief that the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) would be coming in the first half of 2010.  Staff have been busy at work on the planning pieces.  Most have been assuming that [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:44pm EST
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• Raising the Gates on Teacher Effectiveness

  As most know by now, yesterday the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation officially named the four school districts that will share in the coveted "Deep DIve" prize.  Originally billed as a $500 million endeavor, we learned yesterday that the four winners are now sharing in $335 million grant money.  Hillsborough [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:32pm EST
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• Just the Race Facts

  For now, Eduflack is generally done opining about Race and what we should infer by the the final Race to the Top docs released by the U.S. Department of Education.  But there are some additional facts now out there that are worth consideration and thought.
  First up, the final RttT docs [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:08pm EST
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• The Race Officially Begins ... Now

  At 9 p.m. this evening, the starting gun for the Race to the Top officially started.  While many states are already laps into their applications (and many may even be running in the right direction), the U.S. Department of Education officially released the RFP, along with some interesting insights as [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:57pm EST
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• Race-ing to Teacher Quality

  Last week, Eduflack opined over at Education Week on the need to differentiate between incentivizing good teachers and incentivizing good teaching.  Essentially, we need to make sure that any incentives are not just given as a thank you to teachers, but are used to identify, catalog, and share the best [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:00am EST
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• Tale of the Tape -- Anna, Fall 2009

  A couple of times a year, I ask for Eduflack readers to provide me a personal indulgence as I report on the progress two of the greatest joys in my life -- my son and daughter.  Many of you have read multiple reports on Miggy, my three and a half [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:20pm EST
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• Reading Gaining Speed as Fed Priority?

  With all of the talk about RttT, school turnarounds, and the like, we haven't spent much time at all talking about core instructional issues.  As many schools continue to struggle reaching AYP and demonstrating the sort of student achievement we all expect (and that the federal law still demands), we' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:11am EST
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• Teacher or Teaching Quality?

  Over at Education Week this week, dear ole Eduflack has a commentary on current teacher quality efforts, asking the question if teacher quality (as primarily reflected in teacher incentive efforts) or teaching quality (such as the current push for improving teacher education) is the strongest path toward real, lasting school [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:16pm EST
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• New Governors in the Race

  Undoubtedly, much of the next few days will be spent dissecting yesterday's off-year elections and their greater meaning for healthcare reform, the 2010 congressional races, and the 2012 presidential campaigns.  What does it mean for Republicans to take back the Virginia governor's seat?  How painful will the Democrats' gubernatorial loss' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:38am EST
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• In Search of 21st Century Joe Clarks

  When I'm flipping through the cable stations late at night, unable to sleep because something or another has my mind going a thousand miles an hour, there are a number of movies for which I will always stop and watch.  Braveheart, Thank You For Smoking, the original All the King's [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:26am EST
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• "Disrupting" High School Failure

  Can you legislate graduation rates?  Today, the Washington Post editorial board called on the state of Maryland to raise the compulsory age for school attendance, essentially using state law to require students to stay in Maryland high schools until the age of 18 (it is 16 now).  The move, following [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:53pm EST
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