Welcome to our new blog! Many parents and citizens in the Mid Coast Maine area have been concerned about our local K-12 education system. We've been researching and networking to better understand what's happening in our local public schools as well as the in the national arena.
We're reaching out to anyone interested in educational excellence and especially to those in Mid Coast Maine. We want to share ideas, successes and failure -- what has & hasn't worked in our schools, in other schools and for individual students/families. We welcome input from everyone but ask that contributors follow appropriate etiquette protocols: no profanity and no personal attacks.
Standards Based Education?
ReplyDeleteRead the following:
Kennebec Journal: Educator touts new approach to learning
http://www.kjonline.com/standards-based-education-lauded-at-monmouth-meeting_2010-09-29.html
In remote Alaska, an innovative district ditches grade levels -- and increases learning:
http://www.edutopia.org/chugach-school-district-reform
RISC Approach to Schooling
http://www.reinventingschools.org/resources/the-risc-approach-to-schooling/
Now read this Press Release:
http://www.commoncore.org/pressrelease-06.php
Sept. 16, 2010 - A group of prominent scholars, teachers, education reform advocates, and union leaders -- including American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, former Boston University President John Silber, New York University education historian Diane Ravitch, and Democrats for Education Reform co-founders Kevin Chavous and Whitney Tilson -- issued a statement today expressing concern about the program put forth by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) They are warning that the current program “is undermining the quality of education in America.”