Tag Archives: Schools

Standards and Informal Science

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Bill Zoellick

Last Friday I was participating in a panel discussion about connecting informal science learning and classroom science–and the question of connecting informal science to standards came up. It’s a perfectly reasonable question. After all, teachers are expected to pay a … Continue reading →

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Schools As Watershed Systems

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Bill Zoellick

How do we measure progress as we improve schools? In a blog post this past week week Brian Drayton noted that while you can look at the improvement in performance of a business by looking at its bottom line, this doesn’t … Continue reading →

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What Can Teachers Learn From Kermit Washington?

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Bill Zoellick

The other day I picked up a month old (November 10) New Yorker while waiting for an appointment and started reading an article by James Surowiecki titled “Better All the Time.” I learned that in 1976 Kermit Washington, a former college basketball star … Continue reading →

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Smarter Balanced Cut Points – What’s With That?

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Bill Zoellick

The lead article in the December 3 Education Week announces that the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) — the organization that will provide high stakes assessments for English / language Arts (ELA) and mathematics in Maine and 21 other states — … Continue reading →

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