Superintendent of Schools for the Iowa City Community School District (IA). Previously served as Superintendent of Schools in the Wausau School District (WI).
iowa city, ia
Joined March 2011
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Should we be grading teachers and schools? Is it also appropriate to grade society on how we support education?
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We live in a bi-modal world? What does that mean for public education? One professor's take!
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Segregation is not limited to race but often related to poverty AND race!
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Economic disparity in per pupil spending contributes significantly to under achievement of low-income/minority students
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The Race That Really Matters ... "every child in this country must be equipped to perform"
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Are turnaround policies diverting questions re adequate/equitable funding and impact on socioeconomic/racial isolation?
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Are cyber schools making the grade? If they aren't, what should we do about it?
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Bloomberg offers a set of requirements for charter schools to succeed ... this is one set of criteria to consider!
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Was 2011 the year of school choice? Will this be the decade of school choice? What role will the courts play?
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Is education the next financial bubble? Who stands to profit from this? Will students better off?mobile.alternet.org/alternet…
Are we facing an edupocalypse? Are public education digital innovation accommodations "totally dysfunctional"?
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The truth about dishonesty. This is a great 10 minutes from RSA animate!
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Will technology drive a change from age-based grouping to competency-based grouping?
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Secretary Duncan, "Over the next few years textbooks should be obsolete." Are there issues of access to confront first?
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An interesting approach to talking about ed reform. The simplistic choices do not reflect the realities of public ed!
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Poverty and education are inextricably linked where education is a primary means of social mobility ...
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Even the critics of the Khan Academy see the value in the work he does ... can their input make his process better?
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The value of a college education was evident in the recession. Less apparent is the value of an advanced degree!
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