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84th Legislature: Bills Filed Relating to TKCW Goals

Posted by kidscantwait
on Mar, 01, 2015
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Please note that this list is tentative. It includes bills filed relating to our goals, but we may or may not take a position on each one. Also, the position we take may change if the bill is amended, or if there is a committee substitute. The Legislative Report Card that Texas Kids Can’t Wait […]

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Posted by kidscantwait
on Jan, 18, 2013
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A hundred years ago I was the Associate State Superintendent for Standards and Curriculum in the great state of Delaware. I got there just as the movement began to develop state-level curriculum standards for schools, so I oversaw that process. The Chief State School Officers is a national organization made up of the executive leadership […]

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Posted by kidscantwait
on Jan, 15, 2013
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I read and reread Sahlberg’s book called “Finnish Lessons” in preparation for writing my 2012 policy paper for the Equity Center. It is just excellent! I recommend that everyone read it. He details what it is that that country has done that has led to it leading the world in international assessments. In many, many […]

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Posted by kidscantwait
on Dec, 11, 2012
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Karen Petree (County Chair) and Kelly McDonald (Ex.Dir.) of the McLennan County Democrat Party gave us a huge boost today in the newsletter that they emailed to McLennan County Democrats. Democrats from all over McLennan County will read this information and be better informed about the issues now. The whole right side-bar of the newsletter […]

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Posted by kidscantwait
on Dec, 09, 2012
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Read this excellent piece by Abby Rapoport, writer for The Texas Observer: http://www.texasobserver.org/the-pearson-graduate/

Post Tagged with assessment, Pearson, privatization, STAARs, Texas schools

Posted by kidscantwait
on Nov, 29, 2012
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http://dianeravitch.net/2012/11/26/test-mania-tortures-tots-in-new-york-city/

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Posted by kidscantwait
on Oct, 21, 2012
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Go to this link to Diane Ravitch’s blog posting: http://dianeravitch.net/2012/10/14/join-the-campaign-for-our-public-schools-2/

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Posted by kidscantwait
on Oct, 21, 2012
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I received yesterday an email from the Annenberg Institute about Communities for Public Education Reform, who are committed to many of the same goals that those of us in Texas Kids Can’t Wait are committed to. Go to this link to read the story and watch the video. Some great ideas! http://annenberginstitute.org/commentary/2012/10/time-now-building-movement-educational-justice

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84th Legislature: Bills Filed Relating to TKCW Goals

Education Experts Rarely Allowed at the Policymaking Table

Finnish Lessons

Many Thanks to Karen Petree and Kelly McDonald!!!!

Pearson, Assessments, and Creeping Privatization

Test Mania Tortures Tots

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Communities for Public Education Reform

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