Education for the Aughts - American School Issues and Analysis at matthewktabor.com
In Education for the Aughts, Matthew K. Tabor discusses issues in K-12 and higher education. He examines: college, law school & medical school admissions; NCLB & testing; teaching; teacher certification; parent & community relations; school law; school boards; & national education trends. Matthew Tabor is an admissions consultant and private educator. He writes out of Cooperstown, New York.
This edition of the Education for the Aughts Podcast addresses three topics:
A look at patriotic curricula in public schools - what we had and where we’re not;
Grade inflation in Hillsborough County, Florida;
Lack of accountability in New Hartford, NY and a financial boondoggle in Utica, NY.
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Like every benevolent sector in the United States, the education crowd frequently aligns with the famous [and infamous] to get the job done. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but we’d do well to put a bit more thought in to who we select and why.
Occasionally we stumble on some pleasant surprises when education and [...]
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