Saturday, February 11, 2012

The Editor's Notepod, Sat., Feb. 11, 2012

It might be a great fit for a new Board of Education central office in Wallingford, but the school system hasn’t planned on such a move – involving a considerable outlay – in this lean fiscal climate. Now, if the Town Council wanted to buy that property on South Main and turn it over to the school system, it might be a different thing.

A major component of the teacher evaluation reform in Connecticut seems to be some measure of student academic progress. While there’s a good deal of talk, so far no description of how academic progress is to be defined, and if it rests merely on year-to-year scores on standardized tests, that will be an insufficient method.

It is good to read that Meriden Principal Tom Brown has made some progress medically, and we continue to wish him the very best in his recovery process.

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