Social discussion of CS in K-12

["Reese, George Clifford" <reese AT illinois.edu>]

Ahh. That interpretation did not occur to me. 
George

-----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Kathleen Rapp 
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 2:10 PM
To: Reese, George Clifford; Todd Lash; 
ctrl-shift AT lists.mste.illinois.edu
Subject: RE: [Ctrl-Shift] inspirational letter from the Peru, IL 
superintendent

I have done no research, but my feeling when reading the article was that the 
teachers feel the students did very poorly on the Beta PARCC. Maybe it is 
just my cynicism sneaking in....I hate it when that happens......Kathleen

Mathematics is the Language of the Universe.

Kathleen R. Smith
University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign
Department of Mathematics, Retired
217 687-2889


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[ctrl-shift-bounces+smithka=illinois.edu AT lists.mste.illinois.edu]
 on behalf of Reese, George Clifford 
[reese AT illinois.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 8:42 AM
To: Todd Lash; 
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Subject: Re: [Ctrl-Shift] inspirational letter from the Peru,   IL 
superintendent

Hi Todd,

Lasalle Peru is definitely not as diverse as Champaign, and I did check their 
report card
http://www.illinoisreportcard.com/District.aspx?districtId=35050124002
compared with Champaign
http://www.illinoisreportcard.com/District.aspx?districtId=35050124002

They have about half the numbers looking at mobility and low SES.
Still, they're not New Trier or Naperville.

George


-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Lash 
[mailto:lashtodd AT champaignschools.org]
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 10:56 AM
To: Reese, George Clifford; 
ctrl-shift AT lists.mste.illinois.edu
Subject: RE: inspirational letter from the Peru, IL superintendent

Thanks for sending this George.  In my opinion this is a very "centrist" 
position that the superintendent is taking, though I would imagine many 
others would not see it that way.  I would love to know the backstory (if 
any) behind this being circulated.  It is, I believe, not inconsequential 
that it is coming from a very small district and thus, what is most probably 
a rather homogeneous demographic relative to a larger system like CPS or even 
Unit Four, where we would find a presumably greater divergence in viewpoints 
and political pressures.   Nonetheless, it is very refreshing.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend, Todd

Todd Lash
Magnet Teaching Specialist/Instructional Coach Kenwood Elementary School
1001 Stratford Dr.
Champaign, IL 61821
217.351.3815
Twitter:  @Todd_Lash
The Kenwood Tech Story

"If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of 
tomorrow."  -John Dewey

#daretoshare

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Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 3:57 PM
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Subject: [Ctrl-Shift] inspirational letter from the Peru, IL superintendent

http://www.nafme.org/superintendent-tells-parents-what-matters-most-and-its-not-common-core/

George Reese
Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE)
505 East Green St.
Suite 102
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-6604



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