As many of you know, the HOPE Foundation provides world class conferences for educators featuring national leaders in education. Recently, my former colleagues from my time as a Superintendent of Schools returned from an exciting time in Atlanta at the latest HOPE conference.
Here is what Wendy had to say:
I have been an educator for 16 years. [...]
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Just identify your state and the name of your school district and this handy little search form will show you how much your school district is supposed to receive as part of the stimulus package.
Click here to find out how much your district will get.
Fifty percent is supposed to arrive by March 2009.
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Why does so much of the discussion on teacher incentives rely on a business or corporate model?
This is one of several questions that appear in an article in the Journal of Educational Controversy. The overarching question in the article is
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Recently the HOPE Foundation helped to bring together top educational leaders to present the best thinking available on how to help improve education in America. (Click here for article.)
Here is the core of what Obama and his team have been presented.
1. Assure Readiness: Success in the classroom requires that children arrive ready to learn – [...]
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Fourteen top Education Leaders met on February 4-5 to develop recommendations for the Obama administration to tackle America’s education crisis. Empowered by the magnitude of the education challenge, harkening the call for change from the Obama administration, and speaking directly as Congressional hearings were taking place to debate the stimulus package, the group leaned on [...]
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