Bronx Charter School Disciplined Over Admissions - NYTimes.com

There is a pattern slowly emerging around education reform.What we are seeing is that there is no silver bullet. It certainly is not charter schools. You can not avoid the five essentials for excellence. It takes a Motivated student to show up for school, supportive parents, high quality teaching, high quality principal leadership and a rigorous curriculum to achieve excellence. There simply are no short cuts! These are the elements found in any successful school: urban, suburban,charter or non-charter. These are the basics that should be vigorously identified and promoted at the community level.


Bronx Charter School Disciplined Over Admissions - NYTimes.com

TeachMoore: Read This: Learning From Atlanta

TeachMoore: Read This: Learning From Atlanta

State report depicts Parks Middle as example of problems in district | ajc.com

Atlanta is not the only one that will shake out in this HIGH-STAKES TESTING environment. Other states who are showing alleged academic progress measured only against their own internal measurements are just as guilty. Results that can not be independently verified are useless and a fraud on the involved communities. Just wait, there will be many, many others. This will be the legacy of NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND.

State report depicts Parks Middle as example of problems in district  | ajc.com

Data and Reports - Louisiana Department of Education

Data and Reports - Louisiana Department of Education

Why the Achievement Gap Matters and Will Remain | National Education Policy Center

It is critical that the poor and people of color implement grass root strategies aimed at academic excellence. No one else will admit the inequity that is in place and the impact it has on children. But, we can and must overcome this challenge.


Why the Achievement Gap Matters and Will Remain | National Education Policy Center

Review of Florida Formula for Student Achievement: Lessons for the Nation | National Education Policy Center

One killer finding that gets my attention. The fact that grade retention based on high stakes test results does not improve achievement. Why the black community has tolerated a policy that clearly hurts our children is beyond me.

Review of Florida Formula for Student Achievement: Lessons for the Nation | National Education Policy Center

Economy Needs College-Educated Workers, Report Says - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

Economy Needs College-Educated Workers, Report Says - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

16818_BlackMale_trifold3_WEB.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Take a look at these stats on black males and blacks in general. I am convinced that success in education is the only rational strategy, over which we have direct control, that can contain and reverse these numbers. It will never be the government!


16818_BlackMale_trifold3_WEB.pdf (application/pdf Object)

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EPE Research Center Maps: School District Graduation Report

Caddo parish high school graduation rate for 2008 as calculated by Diplomas Count 2011.







EPE Research Center Maps: School District Graduation Report

Report Places Dollar Value on College Majors - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

Report Places Dollar Value on College Majors - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

President Obama and Skills for America's Future Partners Announce Initiatives Critical to Improving Manufacturing Workforce | The White House

President Obama and Skills for America's Future Partners Announce Initiatives Critical to Improving Manufacturing Workforce | The White House

When Black Civil Rights Groups Hurt Black Children | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle

Agree or not with the position taken by Mr. Biddle, this is a good debate to have in the black community. We need to develop a fact based understanding of the whole reform question, and then settle on positions that truly put kids first.




When Black Civil Rights Groups Hurt Black Children | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle

Charles Murray and shiftless, lazy whites - The Washington Post

Charles Murray and shiftless, lazy whites - The Washington Post

Beyond Grade Retention and Social Promotion

Beyond Grade Retention and Social Promotion

National Association of School Psychologists

National Association of School Psychologists


See article on grade retention and promotion. Excellent information for parents facing a retention decision or situation.

Achievement gap widening between Asian American students and everyone else - The Washington Post

Achievement gap widening between Asian American students and everyone else - The Washington Post

Study Links School Safety to Achievement, Relationships

This study should encourage those who do not feel poverty or the neighborhood dooms a student to failure.


Study Links School Safety to Achievement, Relationships

Dorsey Amicus FINAL 4.18.11(Story of the Confed flag in Caddo parish)

Dorsey Amicus FINAL 4.18.11

Parents, teachers seek federal probe of D.C. erasing scandal - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Parents, teachers seek federal probe of D.C. erasing scandal - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post



Now comes another allegation of widespread cheating on standardized tests. Here the issue touches Michelle Rhee. Rhee is an individual I think has some good ideas in the area of accountability for teachers and administrators. However, any expectation of improved results, must carry with it an equally clear expectiation of results with integrity.

People must be allowed to fail if there has been no clear cut change in strategy or practices that can drive improvement. Simply to demand achievement of a streatch goal with no material structural changes breeds a climate in which cheating will occur.

And, any organization should vigourously test or audit itself to insure the complete integrity of results that are significant and dramatic from past performance. To do otherwise is to be a partner in the crime. I hope that is not the case with Rhee. But, a good investigation should tell the whole story. Read the blog post in The Answer Sheet.