CUNY Academic Commons | Joel Spring | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/jspring/activity/ Activity feed for Joel Spring. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2226e905cbc45fb0e402b13534234142 Joel Spring posted a new activity comment https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/189274/#acomment-189281 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:23:22 -0500 I don’t want to extend the discussion about French schools, but they are interesting from the attempt to reform (change) by increasing test scores and dropout rates. I’m relying on the attached report from the European Union on problems facing French schools in comparison to other countries and the dropout rates and exclusion of immigrant…[Read more]

In reply to - Joel Spring created the group School Reform ]]> 3172cead4ec7db5d766a51efb88048bd Joel Spring posted a new activity comment https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/189274/#acomment-189280 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:20:14 -0500 The file was damaged
Joel,
Take a look at this report from Brookings by Russ Whitehurst–head of the IES under Bush. The focus is on the most widely touted charter schools, the Harlem Children’s Zone, and the results are, um, interesting.
Nick

Nicholas M. Michelli
Presidential Professor
Ph.D. Program in Urban Education
The Graduate…[Read more]

In reply to - Joel Spring created the group School Reform ]]> 0ba8e689a89c3f0d7d420c0ca28ccdf5 Joel Spring posted a new activity comment https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/189274/#acomment-189279 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:18:54 -0500 Rachel Perlin, M.S.Ed.
Doctoral Student, Educational Psychology & Policy Analysis
Research Assistant, ActKnowledge
CUNY Graduate Center
Hi Dr. Spring,

I thought this was especially interesting on the DFER website: http://www.dfer.org/blog/Attrition.pdf

I can’t tell if DFER thinks this is a good or bad thing…what are your thoughts? It…[Read more]

In reply to - Joel Spring created the group School Reform ]]> 2fceef306c8166cd4ed803363d039f76 Joel Spring created the group School Reform https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/189274/ Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:55:37 -0500 cbfdd4d52fb009632eb6db1e5550e293 Joel Spring became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/13074/ Sat, 08 May 2010 23:11:49 -0400