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BC's personalized education plan
Posted by David Wees on Oct 28, 2011
At 1:53 of this video, the BC Ministry of Education shares a need t
New Math equals trouble, education expert says
Posted by David Wees on Sep 21, 2011
The CBC just ran an article on the problems in our current math system which was terribly one-sided and an example of the worst kind of fear-mongering journalism.
The archive from the #BCed chat from June 13th
Posted by David Wees on Jun 13, 2011
We had a fast and furious discussion on #BCed about personalized education tonight with our education minister, George Abbott ( @georgeabbott4bc on Twitter). I don't have time for any analysis right now, but here's the archive for the chat:
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The relationship between family income and FSA score
Posted by David Wees on Feb 8, 2011
The Fraser Institute released their annual "report" on the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA, a standardized exam given to 4th and 7th grade students in British Columbia) results. As usual there have been complaints about the validity of the results, and some interesting side stories.
Disclaimer: The ideas discussed on this blog are my own, and in no way represent those of my employer.
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