Comments on: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad… http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/09/30/two-out-of-three-aint-bad/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Erin http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/09/30/two-out-of-three-aint-bad/#comment-4654 Erin Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:19:19 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1075#comment-4654 I wanted to let you know that I have included this article in this month's edition of "What We're Reading" on www.schoolpsychologistfiles.blogspot.com I wanted to let you know that I have included this article in this month’s edition of “What We’re Reading” on http://www.schoolpsychologistfiles.blogspot.com

]]> By: Elona Hartjes http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/09/30/two-out-of-three-aint-bad/#comment-4621 Elona Hartjes Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:07:25 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1075#comment-4621 Without fail, every semester I get kids telling me that if they got paid their attendance would be better. What they don't say is that they would put more effort into school though. Maybe those incentive dollars could be spent on making school more relevant to these "at-risk" kids. I've found that many "at-risk" kids really like to attend school when they take co-op and are out of school working and earning credits. The kids don't even get paid at their co-op placement and yet their attendance improves dramatically. When they come back to school they tell me that co-op is the greatest. Without fail, every semester I get kids telling me that if they got paid their attendance would be better. What they don’t say is that they would put more effort into school though. Maybe those incentive dollars could be spent on making school more relevant to these “at-risk” kids.

I’ve found that many “at-risk” kids really like to attend school when they take co-op and are out of school working and earning credits. The kids don’t even get paid at their co-op placement and yet their attendance improves dramatically. When they come back to school they tell me that co-op is the greatest.

]]> By: Travis A. Wittwer http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/09/30/two-out-of-three-aint-bad/#comment-4590 Travis A. Wittwer Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:03:07 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1075#comment-4590 Great post and timely too. I have been following this cash-tastrophe for awhile now. I agree with your bent on the topic. I have have a post on this topic and I have linked your post to it as an update. I hope that is okay. Here is the link to the post http://www.storiesfromschool.org/2008/08/grade-and-tet-c.html Great post and timely too. I have been following this cash-tastrophe for awhile now. I agree with your bent on the topic. I have have a post on this topic and I have linked your post to it as an update. I hope that is okay. Here is the link to the post http://www.storiesfromschool.org/2008/08/grade-and-tet-c.html

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