Monthly Archives: August 2010

The School Board held a workshop last night from 5 until about 8:30 or so.  The agenda can be found here.  The following summary certainly shouldn’t be considered authoritative, but it reflects my recollection of what we talked about and agreed … Continue reading →

The School Board meets tonight in a workshop to discuss some organizational matters, including committee structure.  Also on the agenda are MMSD policies pertaining to Board ethics.  We’ll consider proposed changes to Board policies 1540 and 9000B. Copies of the … Continue reading →

On August 19, I set off on a long road trip as we drive our daughter to college in  California.  While I hope that the many, many hours spent in the car will be conducive to thinking great thoughts, I … Continue reading →

A number of folks have responded to my post on merit pay for teachers. Laura Chern pointed out that any sort of merit pay system relies on subjective opinions of superiors, and they can be biased and play favorites. Larry … Continue reading →

At our School Board meeting last Monday, we reviewed a draft of the District’s Equity Report  for this year.  The report consists primarily of listings of different measures of District resources and student achievement, disaggregated as appropriate by school or … Continue reading →

Susan Troller had a typically good and very substantive article in the Capital Times this week about merit pay for teachers and other dimensions of teacher evaluations. Merit pay is an issue that highlights the culture clash between the new … Continue reading →

Things have been pretty quiet on the School Board lately.  We have received very few emails over the past several weeks from parents and others concerned about school issues.  But the email is starting to pick up.  We’re hearing about … Continue reading →