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A new book titled Why Good People Can't Get Jobs by Peter Cappelli, a professor of management and human resources at the Wharton School, confirms my view. Cappelli explains how the widespread use of software to screen applicants makes it nearly impossible for anyone to pass muster. He cites the example of a human resources executive in the Philadelphia area who applied anonymously for a job in his own company as an experiment, and was rejected during the screening process.
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According to Education Daily June 18, 2013
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The Common Core "has a good chance of stalling out over the next four or five years." Delete the scoop?
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"These problems are not primarily caused by the students, the families or the teachers. The failure rates are the result of policies that have been in place for many years." Delete the scoop?
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The quality of the survey is especially critical in New York, where scores from the survey are one of the only non-academic indicators used in annual school report cards. Delete the scoop?
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For all the outcry over slipping education standards, a new report says schools across the country are gaining strength on one key indicator. Delete the scoop?
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One would think the world of education-Including educators, decision makers and government education policy generators -- would base decisions on grounded research. Delete the scoop?
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Can't keep the three bills put out in Congress this week on the long-stalled reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act straight? Delete the scoop?
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The A-F grading scale for schools creates a nearly insurmountable obstacle for districts that serve high percentages of economically disadvantaged students, the authors say. Delete the scoop?
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Founders Hall Middle School students are swapping profiles with teachers as they transition into their freshman year at McKeesport Area High School. In the tradition Delete the scoop?
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Where do essential questions come from? Grant Wiggins explains. Delete the scoop?
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You can have either a fixed or growth mindset according to Carol Dweck, Which mindset do you have? Delete the scoop?
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A rule urging use of “student growth percentiles” — how much students learn in a year — is tricky, officials say. "But the stalled implementation in Virginia underscores the practical challenges of using standardized test scores to rate teachers."
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The Bottom Line: “It’s very difficult to get a clean, precise metric,” said Linda Darling-Hammond, an education professor at Stanford University who has studied such systems. Delete the scoop?
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By Patrick Larkin "Homework is only a tool. It’s how we use (or misuse) homework that makes the difference." Delete the scoop?
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It's the astonishing rate of children living in or near poverty. Delete the scoop?
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Using formative assessment to help students focus on what they don't understand during a lesson can maximize learning for all students. Delete the scoop?
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Arne Duncan announced that he plans to hold a national competition for a redesign of the high school. He wants to dangle $300 million (if Congress agrees) for those who come up with the best redesi... Delete the scoop?
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The massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut prompted questions about school safety in Vancouver. Delete the scoop?
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I am against reforms like the parent trigger, but maybe it’s better we wait and see what happens with them. Delete the scoop?
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As a former high school yearbook editor, a few apologies are in order. First, to my best friend Nancy, I apologize for describing you as “wacky but wonderful. Delete the scoop?
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Since the Census Bureau began tracking education spending decades ago, per pupil spending has declined nationally in the wake of the Great Recession.
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