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Great Schools Project Teach-In: How Should We Assess Our Schools?
You are invited to the Great Schools Project Teach-In: How Should We Assess Our Schools? Saturday, December 1 10 am to 12:30 pm–coffee from 9:30 Simon Fraser University Surrey Campus (Surrey Central...
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New edition of “The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and...
I’m very pleased to announce that the Fourth Edition of the The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities is now in production at The State University of New York Press and will...
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New York City Council votes to replace high-stakes tests with multiple measures
Press Contact: Jane Hirschmann, 917 679 8343 HISTORIC VOTE BY CITY COUNCIL ON HIGH-STAKES TESTING The New York City Council passed today Resolution 1394. This is historic because it is the first time...
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Class Size and Teachers’ Work: What The Province Editors Get Wrong About the...
In today’s editorial, “Fix Your Problems and Reopen Schools,” editors of The Province declared that the labour dispute between government and teachers in British Columbia is “pretty simple,” the B.C....
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Making sense of report cards [Updated]
It’s report card season. Just how useful are report cards? How should parents respond to their students grades? What kind of questions can or should parents ask teachers about the assessment of their...
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