Monthly Archives: January 2012

Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 January 30 – February 3, 2012 Number 20

1)Superintendent finalists 2)Kudos to the Kids 3)2011-2012 part deux     “Life Read More

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Preventing rather than Dealing with Problems

  I continue to be drawn to the Report on Value Added metrics that I wrote about earlier this Read More

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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 January 23-27, 2012 Number 19

Half Year Point/ Teachers’ Comings and Going/ Health Insurance/ Congats Jodie/ Art Teachers Read More

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More on Value Added Evaluations

  In my blog on Monday discussing the Value Added report, I included this quote from one of the Read More

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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 January 17-20, 2012 Number 18

 Did Mike Jinx snow day possibilities? Will Framingham have a Favorite Teacher? “The only thing Read More

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Value Added Measurements Work and Tell Us a Lot About Teachers.

    I don’t know how I missed it  but an article in Jan. 6 New York Times, and the research Read More

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Bonuses Improve the Perception of Teachers.

When Michelle Rhee resigned as chancellor of the D.C. Schools after her supporter Mayor Adrian Fenty Read More

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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 January 9-13, 2012 Number 17

“Comparisons of one’s lot with others teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will…”Thornton Wilder  Hi Read More

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Principal’s Flyer Volume 7 January 3-6, 2012 Number 16

      “Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give Read More

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