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F E at u R E s
teacher aSSeSSment
january 2011
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What’s the Value in Value-Added?
48 A controversial measure of teaching quality gains momentum as federal grants spur districts to adopt it. Elizabeth Duffrin
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Safety and Security
The Politicization of Bullying
54 The opposing opinions on bullying in schools today make for political wrangling. Victor Rivero
BRIEFINGs
11 News Update
• New Study Explores the Changing Face of the School Superintendent • People Watch • Proposed Bill Would Create a Nation of Bilingual Students
family & community engagement
Holding On to Parent Voices
62 Facing what they see as a potential blow in the “Blueprint for Reform,” advocates for parent involvement in schools push back.
Ed Finkel
curriculum
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• The United States Receives Average Rankings from PISA • Finding the True Cost of College • Alfie Kohn’s New Salvo in the Progressive Education War • “Hybrid” Schools Model Gets $1 Million from the Broad Foundation • Forget About IT as You Know it Today
71 Technology spurs the need for new or revised health curricula in schools. Alan Dessoff
2 January 2011
Tough New Issues Refocus Health Education
District Administration
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - January 2011