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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
Students attending Texas Public Schools have many choices. They literally have a plethora of magnet programs to choose from. Depending on their grade level, they can choose to attend a school that f...
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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
Newsweek, websites, and local blogs- everyone seems to have a hand in rating the nation's schools. And that little thing known as the No Child Left Behind Act does its part too. Parents browse school ...
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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
Throughout life, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others. New moms compare pregnancies, labor, and their babies' growth and development. Parents of school-age children compare their children'...
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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
The necessity to assess students is irrefutable. In fact, a lot of people believe that formal assessments are the only way to tell how a student is progressing, and teachers feel pressured to teach to...
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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
Lists assessing high school rankings for K-12 are hugely popular right now because of the intense scrutiny of American education. These rankings are important because parents make moves to areas, or a...
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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
Like all of the public schools in Ohio the Columbus Public Schools have a low graduation rate for its students. And like all of the public schools in this country the Columbus Schools have a racial ga...
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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
Cleveland Public Schools have gotten a lot of press lately for both their dismal college graduation rates and their innovative small schools transformation. Cleveland Schools see about 30% of students...
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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
Chicago public schools have been going through a transformation designed to take the district's mammoth high schools and turn them into more intimate, student-focused environments. Educators and admin...
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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
School choice isn't always an easy thing to have. I sometimes wish that my kids were born and raised in one district where we had never had to make the tough decisions about where to live, whether to ...
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by Patricia Hawke - 2007-08-08
Awards always reflect high achievement and excellence. Winning an award or "just being nominated" for one is a huge boost to one's ego. It demonstrates to the world just how hard a person or organiza...