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My View: Flipped classrooms give every student a chance to succeed – Schools of Thought - CNN.com Blogs
I’m a principal at Clintondale High , a financially challenged school near Detroit. I’m in charge of doing my best to make sure that Clintondale students get the best education possible when they walk through our doors. There are constant hurdles to making this happen. We are a school of choice, so not all students come in with the same skill levels in reading, math, science or other subjects. Almost 75% of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch because of today’s economic climate, and a large part of our student population commutes from Detroit, which often times takes an hour or longer, especially if the bus is late. Every year, our failure rates have been through the roof.St. Paul schoolteacher Carrie Bakken recently got a chance to do something most of her peers dare not dream of: schooling U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his highest-ranking advisers on the topic of education reform. Her message: If the Obama administration is serious about staffing the nation's schools with better teachers, Duncan might want to think about putting teachers in charge. "The job is more appealing when you own your school," she explained.
Teacher gets to tout St. Paul's Avalon co-op school to nation's top education officials
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