Issues/Topics:
Progressive Education/Learning Theories
- From
the Loop: A Review of The Principal's Guide to Raising Math Achievement--a
book by Elaine McEwan (Feb, 2001)
- Donna Garner reviews this book, the goals of which are:
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a. To
convince you of the power that rests in you and your faculty to make
numeracy a reality for each of your students;
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b. To
introduce you to the current controversies in math instruction;
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c. To set forth some of the most recent research in mathematics
instruction so that you and your faculty can make informed decisions;
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d. To
share with you how you can change what you're doing to make a powerful
difference.
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- How Government Schools Are Destroying America's
Children (Feb, 2001)
- Robert Dreyfus, D.D.S, points out the abysmal state of public education in America.
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After Serious
Consideration (Fall, 2000)
- Doreen McShea shares her reasons for dropping out of the race for
school board in Collier County, District 4.
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- Still Failing the Kids, Examining Florida’s Math
Standard (Fall, 2000)
- Katherine Livermore discusses how, despite new standards, tests, and
school grading systems, the Florida educrats are still failing to teach
children Math.
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- The Ought Vs. The Present
(Spring/Summer, 2000)
- Eddie MacCausland discusses what ought to be done and what is being done
in the matter of school reform.
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- A Report of the Heritage Center for Data
Analysis (Spring/Summer, 2000)
- A summary of major findings and a link to a report Kirk A. Johnson,
Ph.D. comparing math scores of black children attending D.C. Catholic
schools vs D.C. public school.
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- Just in Time for School - Guy
Strickland's Bad Teachers (Fall, 1999)
- Katherine Livermore reviews Guy Strickland's book title Bad Teachers.
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- "Sex, Kids and
Politics" (Winter, 1999)
- Teresa Hearne reviews this book which was written by Catherine Emihovich and Carolyn
D. Herrington and which evaluates the Florida supplemental school
health program.
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- A
Report & Commentary on Education Reform: A National Conquest Dec. 3-4
199
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(Winter, 1999)
- Charlotte Greenbarg reports on the
Fourth Annual Conference of the Education Leaders Council in Orlando.
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- IVBE's Response to "Poverty Hinders Learning"
Theory (Fall, 1999)
- Charlotte Greenbarg responds to an article in the Miami Herald that posed
the theory that "Poverty, not bad schools, hinders learning."
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