Archives: 2005-2006 School Year

What progress are we making?

• 2006-2007 Budget Outcome!
• Ball to the Township Council
• The 2006 School Board Candidates
• Budget Timing
• Classroom Spending
• Facilities And The Budget
• Teacher Salary Survey
• Rising Energy Costs
• The low bidder
• The little victories in our cause, sorted by date.

• Small First Grade & Intervention
• Elementary Report Cards
• Constructivist versus Traditional Math
• Token Economies
• A Safe Learning Environment
• Whole Language versus Phonics
• Differentiated Instruction

• Meet Superintendent Jorden Schiff...
• Five Traits For Our Superintendent
• Standardized Test Schedule
• A Cautionary Tale
• Money Spent With Vendors
• Distortions From Testing?
• 25 Books For Young Readers
• Helicopter Parents
• Sharing with children the American Experience
• The origins of all these tests
• Parents on the dark side
• What is a "good" parent?

• Read more on the web and in books about the standardized testing issue.
• A sampling of other grassroots organizations on the web.