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NV Tchrs Must Strike; Issue 3 of 6, Setting Students Up to Fail – Student Placement
- Posted on May 28, 2019
The decisions made by non-school based personnel are the major factors public schools are facing difficulties. Decisions made by people at the national, state, community and central office level who don’t have to deal with the consequences of those decisions … – Read More »
Download Newsletter (.doc)NV Teachers – Strike; Taking Back Our Schools; Issue 2 of 6; Teacher Quality & Evaluation
- Posted on May 24, 2019
f you want to increase student achievement, our students need fully qualified, experienced teachers who have the content knowledge, instructional & assessment strategies and resources to support their instruction. And as we discussed in Issue 1, academic and behavioral expectations … – Read More »
Download Newsletter (.doc)NV Teachers – Strike; Taking Back Our Schools; Issue 1 of 6; School Discipline
- Posted on May 20, 2019
When there are a few thousand students in a school with the largest class sizes in the nation, there must be some common expectations. Those students who refuse to meet those expectations must be dealt with fairly, firmly and friendly. … – Read More »
Download Newsletter (.doc)Decades Old Bad Decisions Continue to Plague Our Students
- Posted on April 28, 2019
How did we get here? The simple answer, decisions were made that did not prioritize students’ classroom learning experiences. Yesterday’s poor decisions often limit our options to fix issues today. That has certainly been true in Nevada. A string of … – Read More »
Download Newsletter (.doc)Nevada’s Math Assessments – Out of Whack
- Posted on April 23, 2019
Out of the 45 states that originally signed on to the two K-12 testing consortiums nationwide, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and PARCC, only about 15 remain. That should tell you something about the general confidence level in those tests.
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