Give2Attain

Raising social involvement, self awareness and self improvement topics, because our communities are the sum of our personal beliefs, behaviors, action or inaction. Only "we" can improve our family, work place, school, city, country, etc.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

NCLB and Teaching to the Test ?

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The following is a comment from my AYP Top 10 Post . I thought it deserved more attention so I brought it to the top. "Here's a go...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

RAS Community - Doing Whatever It Takes ?

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This will be your homework post. Please review the linked content and reply with your thoughts regarding if teaching Early Childhood Educati...
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The Quarterly Request

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Please tell your friends about Give2Attain and get them reading/commenting regarding our community issues!!! Email them the address right no...
Monday, August 24, 2009

RAS Board and my BGO

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Well folks, I am aware that I write with quite a bit of confidence in my own beliefs and that this may lead folks to believe I am arrogant, ...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Fun Thoughts: For a change

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I have been working you pretty hard for awhile with some complicated and deep topics, so I thought I would share some interesting/amusing th...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

AYP - The Top 10 List

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The topic of today's posting is why should various Stakeholder's openly embrace AYP/NCLB and work hard to ensure the students succee...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

AYP: Pick Your Corner

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A couple of tidbits before the main event: If you have been missing out on the lively Speed Test Scores 2009- Reality string . It is definit...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

AYP, NCLB & PDCA

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Before I start discussing No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), I need to cover Plan Do Check Act. (PDCA) The PDCA...
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RAS 2009 AYP Results

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For more details: MN Dept of Education 2009 AYP Site Unfortunately Forest did not make AYP this year, so we are down to 2.... Forest only ...
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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Heavy Load & Farmer's Luck

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Well, I continue to find wisdom in the funniest places... This time my 8 year old daughter pulled out a book from her shelf that I had not ...
Thursday, August 6, 2009

RAS Transitions - Fears, Concerns & Thoughts

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As noted, many staff, parents and students are experiencing a significant amount of change due to the school closures and boundary shifts. ...
Friday, July 31, 2009

RAS Transitions - Realistic Expectations

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My current read is "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Coleman and it is excellent. I am certain that some of my readers would agre...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Interesting RAS & School Blog Links

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Here are links to some other relevant blogs and some notes. Sorry for the large number, but it has been a month... First note: There is som...
Friday, July 24, 2009

G2A Rules - Updated

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Here are my updated G2A rules. They change because I continue to learn more about blogging each month, posting, conflict, etc. Before they w...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Apologies, Timeout & Giving Power

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Now that I am back, I want to deal with some past issues before moving forward. First, I want to apologize to the people I offended with my ...
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John
I am married and we have 3 adult daughters. We live in Plymouth MN. My interests are learning, communicating, home improvement projects, motorcycling, boating, and other outside activities. Thank you for reading my blog and have a great day !!!
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