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9.16.09 - By Laurie H. Rogers I challenge district board members and administrators to go out into the school district and start working with the children.

By Laurie H. Rogers, author of "Betrayed" - 8.31.09
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During the Aug. 26 board meeting for Spokane Public Schools, Razak Garoui, director of Assessment and Program Evaluation, blamed new legislation for the district’s abysmal math test scores.

By Laurie H. Rogers - 7.28.09

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The federal government is taking over public education. It has no legal authority to do this, but it’s doing it anyway. This is not change I believe in.

By Laurie H. Rogers, author of "Betrayed"
Columnist EducationNews.org July 14, 2009

I asked for documentation on Gov. Gregoire’s decision, and some of what I received was heavily redacted. One critical document wasn’t sent to me because it’s “exempt” from my request.

By Laurie H. Rogers, author of "Betrayed" - July 5, 2009
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“It’s like watching a completely preventable traffic accident,” I’ve said. “How do they not see it? Why won’t they listen to reason?” No advocate has the answer, although there are suspicions. Some of the possibilities I’ve heard include these:

By Laurie H. Rogers, author of "Betrayed" - June 25, 2009

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“How do you feel about putting students in AP classes for the exposure, even if they don't have the skills to succeed?”

By Laurie H. Rogers - June 11, 2009
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After a 2007 U.S. Department of Education (DoE) report indicated differences among the various states as to what constitutes academic “proficiency,” Sec. of Education Margaret Spellings sent a letter to The Washington Post...

By Laurie H. Rogers - May 31, 2009
Columnist EducationNwers.org

Some things are so outrageously ridiculous, the only way to handle them is through satire.

By Laurie H. Rogers, author of "Betrayed" May 23, 2009
Columnist EducationNews.org

On Wednesday, May 27, Spokane Public Schools employees are slated to address the school board about proposed teaching materials for mathematics. These materials reportedly are a continuation of one of the three main math curricula already in place. The three main curricula are:

By Laurie H. Rogers, author of "Betrayed"
Columnist EducationNews.org
In school systems with inadequate curricula, a dependence on constructivist teaching and insufficient focus on academics – some children won’t pick up the concepts before the end of the year. They’ll flunk the tests, they won’t complete their schoolwork, maybe they won’t learn how to multiply or divide – whatever it is – they won’t be ready for the next grade.