Starr: It’s the Curriculum
Last week’s story on the state of Stamford Public Schools ended with the following thoughts from Superintendent Joshua Starr: “Fundamentally, if the purpose of education is to perpetuate the chosen...
View ArticleStarr: ‘I Think That We Can Find a Middle Ground’
The following are comments from Joshua Starr, Superintendent of Stamford Public Schools. I decided on this format - as opposed to a traditional article - to allow the Superintendent to present his...
View ArticleTimes’ Reader: ‘Success Begins at Home’
I’ve been meaning to post this for a couple weeks. Here’s the front cover of the New York Times Magazine from Sunday, April 10. It’s a story about reform at M.S 223 in the Bronx, and chronicles the...
View ArticleWeighing In on Weighted Grades
In June, a much-needed attendance policy for Greenwich High, developed by teachers and administrators at the school, was adopted. People react with shock when I tell them that no policy existed up...
View ArticleTopic of the Day: Teacher Salaries
When it comes to salaries and benefits, teachers in Greenwich are very fortunate. We get paid well; there’s no getting around that. Then again, we deserve every penny, as do teachers across the...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Blaming Teachers
“The right wing has oversimplified student underachievement as entirely the fault of teachers – not because of reliable research on academic performance, but because teachers vote Democrat. Countless...
View ArticleTeachers and Parents, Working Together
I agree with today’s Greenwich Time editorial about the importance of good teachers. The editorial begins with the following: ”There is so much chatter — in the country, in the state, in the town —...
View ArticleThe Value of a Teacher, Continued….
We continue our discussion about just how valuable a good teacher is by taking a look at a recently published study by Harvard’s Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman and Columbia ‘s Jonah E. Rockoff that...
View ArticleWeighted Grades and College Completion
I’ll admit I was a bit surprised when I read the recent Greenwich Time story reporting that just 53 percent of students who graduated from Greenwich High School in 2004 received either a two- or...
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