http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/guest-commentary/Content?oid=3177642 Comments On: Guest Commentary by Adam Jacobs en-us Copyright 2013 Tucson Weekly. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Tucson Weekly readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Tucson Weekly. dmendez@tucsonweekly.com (Tucson Weekly Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Marty]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:13:53 -0700 Tucson Weekly I will begin this retort with a mention of thanks in sarcastic prose, for the attempted War Mongering you have set between two schools and their students. I hope, for your sake that you do not resemble the weasley character from either The Princess Bride or Lord Of War.
Posted by johnb]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:27:37 -0700 Tucson Weekly Posted by johnb]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:26:53 -0700 Tucson Weekly I am the proud principal of Chaparral Middle School and I take great offense that you labled my school as the worst of Tucson's schools. I am aware that you were a guest teacher in one of our classrooms, and I am aware now that the behavior of the students was not what we expect from our kids.
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Thirty-five years of research on school effectiveness show that there are a handful of factors at the school level that account for anywhere from one-quarter to one-third of the measurable variance in student academic achievement. As a result, we must pay attention to those school-level attributes that contribute to our students’ success.

In his What Works In Schools, researcher Bob Marzano names the five most influential school-level factors by order of impact on student achievement: a guaranteed and viable curriculum, challenging goals and effective feedback, parent and community involvement, a safe and orderly environment, and collegiality and professionalism.

The most influential factor of a guaranteed and viable curriculum is a combination of student opportunities to learn and the time to do so.
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