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...phone in Downing Street rings. The question British voters are asking themselves isn't just whether Gordon Brown has the vision and experience to answer that call. It's whether Brown might decide to hurl the phone at a hapless aide...
...course, the education establishment (i.e., the teachers' unions and ed schools) likes to remind critics that children are not cogs and what works for companies may not necessarily work for schools. But the business analogy holds, says Mastery CEO Scott Gordon, if you see kids as customers and schools as the product to be reworked, perfected and sold. Mastery schools operate with obsessive attention to data. Daily and weekly figures on student performance, attendance, tardiness - these numbers are pored over by teachers who are themselves regularly monitored and evaluated. The goal is for every person in the building...
...Gordon believes that if you focus on the performance of the adults and the system in which they operate, student success is sure to follow. The biggest problem with many failing schools, he and others in the turnaround movement say, isn't the kids, the parents or the community - though all three are undeniable factors. The key flaw is that the schools are poorly run. "We are trying to apply modern-management common sense," says Gordon. "Invest in your talent, set goals - continuous improvement, constant feedback." This differs, he says, from typical public schools, where teachers receive evaluations only once...
...Gordon noted in his speech that yesterday marked the second anniversary of Kosovo’s independence: a sign that progress has been made...
...original version of the Feb. 18 news article "Gordon Discusses Eastern European Integration" stated that the Harvard Kennedy School lecture drew about 50 audience members. In fact, the number of attendees was over...