Education
According to ProJo : Governor Chafee has in recent days asked former House Majority Leader George Caruolo to chair the state Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education….a knowledgable source has confirmed that the governor asked Democrat Caruolo, 58, of East Providence, to come out of political retirement to chair the board, subject to…
NBC 10’s Bill Rappleye tweets:”Chafee names 5 new education regents today. Gist cancels presentation to Senate. 2+2 ?” We know that the former head of the Board of Regents, Robert Flanders, is out and moving over to the position of Central Falls receiver. Governor Chafee has 8 slots to fill and the ProJo identifies former…
WPRO’s Dan Yorke said it outright last week. An article on WPRI’s website today references it a little more obliquely. The rumor is that Governor Chafee wishes to accept Race to the Top funding for the state without implementing all of the conditions that accompany it. More specifically, it’s purported that he’d like to duck…
Both the content and delivery of this illustrated lecture are excellent: I share Professor Ken Robinson’s skepticism about a supposed ADHD epidemic, but when he goes on to describe studies that a shift in an education paradigm should address, the academic conclusions begin to look a bit too free-wheeling. He describes a study in which…
Gary Trott tries to apply too much common sense to public-sector budgeting: What should a Rhode Island city or town do if it suddenly finds itself with a surplus of unspent funds amounting to nearly $6 million? You’d think that it would do the responsible thing and not spend those funds in order to ease…
My reaction to this sort of thing can’t be uncommon: Under proposed changes to the 2008 high school regulations, high schools would be required to offer support to struggling 11th graders this spring, and possibly this summer, to help them advance in math and reading, Gist said. However, at a public meeting last week, several…
Although writing from Michigan, Kyle Olson has it right when it comes to his perspective on education happenings in Central Falls: Central Falls students deserve a high-quality education. But instead, families are told to be patient as administrators and the teachers union hold meetings and create 45-page reform plans. And now the federal government gives…
Marc reviewed some of his findings with respect to the NAEP science scores on last night’s Matt Allen Show. Stream by clicking here, or download it. Once again, I didn’t go into the sales pitch, but please email or call (401-835-7156) me to pledge financial support — as subscriptions, donations, or advertising — for 2011…
In an earlier post I looked at Rhode Island’s 4th grade student demographic data for the 2009 NAEP Science assessment and how it compared to national results. Now let’s take a look at how the average 4th Grade scores compare based on various teacher qualification factors. First up are results based on whether kids are…
The ProJo reported on the results of the lates NAEP Science (for 2009) results for RI and it wasn’t pretty. I went over to the NAEP website and dug deeper into the data. What follows are some of the things I found related to the 4th grade results (all I’ve got time for, I hope…