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Monthly Archive:
January 2012

Performance-driven education in the classroom

Using Data
January 26, 2012
by Editor
At the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation set out to better understand the role of performance-driven education in Charlotte-Mecklenburg (CMS) classrooms. We wanted to examine teachers’ cultural, behavioral and procedural shifts in response to the transition to more data intensive instructional models... Read more

Ed-Fi Version 1.0: The Amazon of Student Data

ed-fi
January 18, 2012
by Lori Fey
There’s a treasure trove of valuable educational data being collected about K-12 students in the U.S. But historically, most of it has been stored in silos, reported on in aggregate for compliance purposes, and then largely forgotten… kind of like last year’s best-sellers, back before Amazon came around to make all those great books, previously buried in warehouses and remainder stacks, available to anyone who needed them at the click of a mouse. Read more

THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION

The Weight of the Nation
January 13, 2012
by Aliya Hussaini, M.D.
Americans are eating too much and too often, and not getting enough physical activity. Unhealthy foods, such as soda, chips and candy, have become relatively less expensive, while more nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables have become relatively more expensive. What’s more, access to healthy food is a challenge for many communities. Read more

Getting to AND through college – Central Texas Stories

college forward
January 6, 2012
by Virginia Ballato
With programs in Central Texas and greater Houston, College Forward offers three core programs– high school college prep classes, parent education and support, and college persistence programs –that help students not only gain admittance to college, but earn their degrees. Listen to what Ricardo Espitia, his mom, persistence coach, and others have to say about how the program works. Read more