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Mar 13

What is School For?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment, Ed News, Grades & HW, Tech Integration
March 13, 2012

That’s what Seth Godin, author of Linchpin and other books, is asking us in his blog post www.stopstealingdreams.com is ready to read and share. Stop Stealing Dreams is a free book Godin wrote to get discussions around education reform going. Why did he do that? Because his readers ask him, “What do you think we …

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Nov 12

Guest Post: Reforming NCLB

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment, Ed News
November 12, 2011

This post was written by Elaine Hirsch. In 2001 the Bush administration implemented the No Child Left Behind Act. This law aimed to overhaul the American education system by enacting strict guidelines and standards. In order to receive federal dollars, every school has been required to met proficiency benchmarks. This law was never intended to …