Heeding the advice of more than 120 taxpayers unhappy with their school being named one of the lowest achieving in the state, the SAD 29 board of directors has voted not to accept federal improvement dollars that come with the label. ‘Failing school’ funding rejected: Houlton speaks out [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2010/03/now-if-nine-more-refuse/feed/ 0 http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/12/how-do-you-know-whether-someone-has-withitness/ http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/12/how-do-you-know-whether-someone-has-withitness/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:29:57 +0000 admin http://downeastschoolhouse.com/?p=1098 In an article entitled “Most Likely to Succeed” in the current New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell investigates the question of how to hire teachers, good teachers.

It’s not very easy. Good test scores don’t seem to correlate; in fact nothing does. The only way to find out if someone is a good teacher…is to have them [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/12/how-do-you-know-whether-someone-has-withitness/feed/ 0