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Do The Right Thing For Kids Position on the School Turnaround Plans

By DTRTFK On January 24, 2014 · 1 Comment
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Change is difficult for everyone, but without a dramatic change in the approach to public education, the children of our city will continue to be neglected and their futures will continue to be severely limited or even destroyed. It is time for the State Board to be creative and demand a new approach. Those resisting significant change need to put the students’ needs above self-interests including concerns about jobs and control.
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Wait to Judge the Commissioner’s Plan

By DTRTFK On December 18, 2013 · 1 Comment
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The threat of dramatic change often brings about strong resistance from those with vested interests.
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How We See It

By DTRTFK On October 17, 2013 · Add Comment
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We applaud the commitment of the District’s leadership to improvement and its recognition that there is much more work to be done. In that spirit we support Commissioner Nicastro’s plan to utilize outside expertise to help implement a pervasive and meaningful turnaround. Kansas City’s children deserve no less.
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Analyzing Provisional Accreditation For Kansas City Public Schools

By DTRTFK On August 30, 2013 · Add Comment
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has announced results of its accreditation review for Missouri public schools. The Annual Performance Report awards the Kansas City Public Schools a total of 84 points out of a possible 140, which is 60 percent.
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What Does It Take to Build an Effective, Successful School?

By DTRTFK On April 18, 2013 · Add Comment
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Three recent articles provide examples of schools and systems that are effectively educating their students.
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What Ails Public Education and What Can Be Done to Improve It?

By DTRTFK On March 28, 2013 · Add Comment
Education Governance for the 21st Century
Five themes underlie the conclusions of the book: local control is obsolete, separate governance does not work, monopoly does not work, too many cooks, present governance arrangements are captured by adult interests.
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Too Many Lost Students!

By DTRTFK On March 9, 2013 · Add Comment
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A member of the Do the Right Thing for Kids Board of Directors offers this picture of a typical student who graduated from the Kansas City Public School District in spring 2012. What might this student’s K-12 academic progress look like in this district in turmoil?
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Needed: A Fresh Start for Kansas City Public Schools

By DTRTFK On January 31, 2013 · Add Comment
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While “gradual improvement” is shown in student academic achievement in Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS), many measures are not improving or are losing ground. Too many students are not being educated, and the impact on lives is irreversible. Major change through outside intervention is badly needed.
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Outside Intervention Is Necessary

By DTRTFK On June 27, 2012 · Add Comment
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 We continue to have serious doubt that the Kansas City Public Schools system has the capacity and resolve to turn itself around by overcoming decades of dysfunction characterized by low expectations, cronyism and lack of professionalism.
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Bill Eddy’s response to Mr. Diuguid “Accreditation Isn’t Out of Reach for KC Schools”

By DTRTFK On March 16, 2012 · Add Comment
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In a March 12, 2012 Kansas City Star column “Accreditation Isn’t Out of Reach for KC Schools” writer Lewis Diuguid made a number of points in defense of the current KC District. This is DTRT board chair Bill Eddy’s response to Mr. Diuguid. I certainly agree that the Legislature and Governor need to quit the [...]
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