washingtonpost.com - Pr. George'sPr. George'sSome Test-Takers' Biggest Mistake Is 'Over-Thinking'- April 23, 2005 Because state tests have come to dominate so much of what schools do, it's important to have confidence that the tests are fair measures of what kids should know and be able to do.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30636-2003Oct15.html?nav=rss_education/colu... Rawlings Would Have Continued Fighting for Equity in Education- April 23, 2005 The children of Prince George's County lost a friend when Del. Howard P. "Pete" Rawlings (D-Baltimore) died this month.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16375-2003Nov26.html?nav=rss_education/colu... Confronting the High Cost of College- April 23, 2005 At the supermarket where I shop, quite a few young men work as baggers and checkers. They are smart, nice guys who want desperately to go to college but who persist in thinking that they need to earn the money for tuition before they can go.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13275-2004Feb4.html?nav=rss_education/colum... Education Summit Is a Start, but More Work Remains- April 23, 2005 Today is one of those days when I open up the mailbag and let my readers do the talking. The first letter is one of many interesting responses to the column I wrote about the education summit called by County Executive Jack B. Johnson at Bowie State University "It Takes a County to Raise School Standards," Homeroom, Oct. 2. I invite others who attended the summit to write in.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36293-2003Oct29.html?nav=rss_education/colu... In Testing, Even Teachers Need to Make the Grade- April 23, 2005 D ear Homeroom: I believe in testing. Testing is an important fact of life. Without a test, consumers are not guaranteed proper quality assurance of products purchased, the homes we live in would not be safe, and students cannot prove they have mastered or met passing...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36029-2004Jan21.html?nav=rss_education/colu... It Takes a County to Raise School Standards- April 23, 2005 In light of the renewed effort in Prince George's to improve the public school system, which for years has been near the bottom in key measures such as state tests, I thought this letter from a reader who was a child at the March on Washington 40 years ago would interest many readers of Homeroom.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28539-2003Oct1.html?nav=rss_education/colum... Hornsby Proposes 11.8% Increase- April 23, 2005 Prince George's County schools chief proposed a $1.3 billion budget that would reduce class sizes, improve technology and expand before- and after-school programs.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1547-2004Jan8.html?nav=rss_education/column... Assessment Results Provide Mixed News for County Schools- April 23, 2005 Information about Prince George's County schools is raining down so fast that flash floods are threatening. Data is available on HSAs, SATs, MSAs, AMOs, AYP -- have you drowned yet -- and all point to basically the same conclusions. Some Prince George's kids are doing well, others are okay but not great and some are doing horribly and need help fast.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19949-2003Sep3.html?nav=rss_education/colum... State Needs to Fully Fund Thornton Plan for Schools- April 23, 2005 Thornton, Thornton, Thornton. That's what's on the lips of teachers, superintendents, politicians and even some parents and students around the state.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63684-2004Jan7.html?nav=rss_education/colum... Lawmakers Fail to Ask Tough Questions of Schools Chief- April 23, 2005 I missed Pete Rawlings the other day.Prince George's schools chief Andre J. Hornsby was giving a very smooth presentation to a joint committee of the Maryland General Assembly, explaining that he had inherited a mess of a financial situation from his predecessor, but that he had...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51612-2004Feb18.html?nav=rss_education/colu... |