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THE MIRROR

Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 4:17 PM from Kevin W. Riley
One of my teachers said: ”When you first came here you were all about kids. lately, it seems that all you talk about is test scores.” Sometimes we have to have someone else hold up the mirror for us. In the climate of NCLB, it is so easy to Read More...
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801, THE SECRET TO THE FINAL ASCENT

Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 2:16 PM from Kevin W. Riley
( NOTE: As the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) goals continue to accelerate, more and more US schools will be categorized by the pejorative brand: “Program Improvement School”. NCLB’s kiss of death. By 2014 as many as 90% of America’s schools could be categorized Read More...
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OVER THE LINE

Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 10:37 PM from "El Milagro Weblog"
(NOTE: As the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) goals continue to accelerate, more and more US schools will be categorized by the pejorative brand: “Program Improvement School”. NCLB’s kiss of death. By 2014 as many as 90% of America’s schools could be categorized Read More...
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HANDS ON THE GLASS

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:05 AM from "El Milagro Weblog"
(NOTE: As the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) goals continue to accelerate, more and more US schools will be categorized by the pejorative brand: “Program Improvement School”. NCLB’s kiss of death. By 2014 as many as 90% of America’s schools could be categorized Read More...
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FOUR LINES FROM COOL

Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 11:59 AM from "El Milagro Weblog"
I stood in line four times last week and each time I wondered why. Four times. Once in the morning when the line from Apple wrapped around the corner of Fashion Valley, past a jewelry store that no doubt appreciated the new IPhone roll-out, and all the Read More...
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MONET TO THE CHILDREN

Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:42 PM from "El Milagro Weblog"
My daughter stood in the very tracks of Claude Monet on the outskirts of Paris. She took one look at the famous lily pond and declared that if she lived here– she would paint too. Do you get it? My Kira, high school graduate from 21st Century, suburban Read More...
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FLYWHEEL

Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:27 AM from "The Lights of El Milagro" Weblog
(NOTE: As the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) goals continue to accelerate, more and more US schools will be categorized by the pejorative brand: “Program Improvement School”. NCLB’s kiss of death. By 2014 as many as 90% of America’s schools could be categorized Read More...
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JET SKI FAST

Posted Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:01 PM from Kevin W. Riley
I started reading the publication “Fast Company” when my wife brought it home from a business trip 7 or 8 years ago. She is an executive at Intuit ( Quick Books, Turbo Tax, Quicken , etc.) and someone gave her a copy because Intuit was featured Read More...
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PATRIOT IN CARDINAL RED

Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 2:25 PM from Kevin W. Riley
It’s the Fourth of July and while so many otherwise respectable people are arguing over whether a $2 flag pin shoved awkwardly into the thin *** panel of a Tommy Bahama shirt before the barbecue is really an act of patriotism… I wanted to Read More...
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