Monthly Archives: March 2012

What’s Your Grade (part 2)

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Bob

In an earlier post I asked the question “What’s Your Grade”? in reference to what you think would be your school and school district grades under the newly developed A-F grading system recently released in draft form by the State … Continue reading →

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Watch NASA’s Sun-Earth Day Web Cast!

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Bob

June 5, 2012, Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii Subscribe to the NASA Edge podcast on iTunes NASA EDGE is proud to join forces with the Sun Earth Day Team to celebrate the Transit of Venus! On June 5, 2012, we will … Continue reading →

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NSELA’s Professional Development Institute in Indianapolis

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Bob

Blending Online and Onsite Professional Development: Applying What the Research Says for Effective and Sustainable Learning Communities Professional development administrators and experts charged with the design, implementation or evaluation of professional development should consider attending Blending Online and Onsite Professional … Continue reading →

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Final Print Version of A Framework for K–12 Science Education Now Available

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Bob

A Framework for K-12 Science Education—released online last summer and now available in print—describes the major practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas that all students should be familiar with by the end of high school, and it provides an … Continue reading →

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What’s your grade?

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Bob

The public comment period for the regulations governing the state’s new A-F system of grading schools and school systems is open through March 19th.  Below are 2 excerpts taken from the regulations that could (will?) have profound affects on the … Continue reading →

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A-F School Grading System Rules Open for Public Comment

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Bob

Draft rules and a rule intent statement for the A-F School Grading System and several other administrative rules have been posted on the State Department of Education’s website, http://ok.gov/sde/education-law-book (under Implementation of a System of School Improvement and Accountability). The … Continue reading →

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