The NAEP scores (Nation’s Report Card) were released this week. Of course the Executive Summary for Math and Reading talk about the gains made over previous years. Once you click through the charts and State comparisons you can finally discover how effective children are actually being taught in our Public Government Schools. [...]
UPDATE: Also read the Daily Herald article today.
The Grayslake Elementary Distrct 46 School Board voted 4-3 tonight to return nearly six million, nine hundred thousand dollars to the taxpayers. Voting to return the amount that was in excess of what the voters approved in 1999 were Jill Rohrer, Kristen Coe-Peek, Sue Facklam and [...]
Public schools like to champion diversity and freedom of thought. Yet, it is very clear in most cases that the freedom of thought and diversity has it limits. The limit is almost always reached when it comes to parents questioning educational material given to students or when a single or minority of students [...]
I have finally been able to catch up on loading the board packets for both District 127 and District 46 school board meetings. You can review them yourself from the document links at D127News.com and D46News.com.
It is a shame that a taxpayer has to continually FOIA these documents and provide them to [...]
The Jacke Kent Cooke Foundation, along with Civic Enterprises, LLC released a report on Sept. 10 on the Achievement Trap: How America is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students form Lower-income Families. You can read their Press Release and look at the entire Report. I have excerpts of both below along with my opinions. [...]
This past spring the National Math Panel met in Aurora, IL. One of the speakers was Kevin Killion, Director of the Illinois Loop. For those of you who have never head of this group, they are a group of parents, teachers, and school board members who provide informational resources about what curriculum is [...]
