Educational Issues of Interest
This site was developed to inform Baldwin County citizens of
pertinent issues facing the education of our children by providing a reading
list of white papers for review.
Please
check back regularly as there will be frequent additions to this site.
Block Scheduling Revisited
- Improving school climate through block scheduling by J. Allen Queen
Phi Delta Kappan - modified March 7, 2006
http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kque0011.htm
for more
information visit
http://www.blockscheduling.com (updated weekly)
How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century
- by Claudia Wallis and Sonja Steptoe
TIME Magazine 12/18/2006
ON THE CLOCK: Rethinking the Way Schools Use Time by
Elena Silva
from Education Sector
Reports - January 2007
http://www.educationsector.org
Time for a Change: The
Promise of Extended-Time Schools for Promoting Student Achievement
Research Report from the
Massachusetts 2020 Educational Opportunity Foundation - Fall 2005
http://www.mass2020.org
TOUGH CHOICES OR TOUGH TIMES: The Report of
the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
executive summary from the
National Center on Education and the Economy
other materials relating to the report can be accessed through the Commission's
website at
http://www.skillscommission.org
SYSTEM DYNAMICS and K-12 TEACHERS:
a lecture at the University of Virginia School of Education