Comments on: Checker Finn Buries the Lead http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/10/31/checker-finn-buries-the-lead/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: Rachel http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/10/31/checker-finn-buries-the-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-4750 Rachel Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:58:13 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1348#comment-4750 I'd be happy to invite Finn out to CA to give us some concrete suggestions on what to cut in next years budget... We could certainly become more efficient if we stopped filling out accountability reports for the state -- School Accountability Report Cards every year, last year an Local Education Agency Plan for the district, school Site Plans every year... But somehow I don't think that's going to be one of the options that seem viable. Seriously -- pundits keep insisting that schools are full of waste, but I'd like some specific suggestions about what our district doesn't need to do. Bonus points if it's something that doesn't directly effect students, and isn't mandated by law. I’d be happy to invite Finn out to CA to give us some concrete suggestions on what to cut in next years budget…

We could certainly become more efficient if we stopped filling out accountability reports for the state — School Accountability Report Cards every year, last year an Local Education Agency Plan for the district, school Site Plans every year…

But somehow I don’t think that’s going to be one of the options that seem viable.

Seriously — pundits keep insisting that schools are full of waste, but I’d like some specific suggestions about what our district doesn’t need to do. Bonus points if it’s something that doesn’t directly effect students, and isn’t mandated by law.

]]> By: Robert Pondiscio http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/10/31/checker-finn-buries-the-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-4749 Robert Pondiscio Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:56:12 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1348#comment-4749 That's precisely what I meant. Curiously, everytime I've ever spelled it l-e-d-e among educators (as opposed to among reporters and writers, where I spent the bulk of my career) I've always been asked why do you spell it lede? Figures that just as I get tired of explaining it as a newsroom convention, someone corrects me. That’s precisely what I meant. Curiously, everytime I’ve ever spelled it l-e-d-e among educators (as opposed to among reporters and writers, where I spent the bulk of my career) I’ve always been asked why do you spell it lede? Figures that just as I get tired of explaining it as a newsroom convention, someone corrects me.

]]> By: mickey http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/10/31/checker-finn-buries-the-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-4746 mickey Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:10:58 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1348#comment-4746 Did you mean <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_the_lede" rel="nofollow">"Bury the Lede"</a>? Did you mean “Bury the Lede”?

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