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Public education’s core functions are teaching and learning, an endeavor in which private enterprise plays a growing role. Edbizbuzz was an opinion blog offering a perspective on this emerging school improvement industry. This blog is no longer being updated.

School & District Management Opinion School Improvement RFP of the Week (2): The Next Wave of E-Rate Business is VOIP
The list of capabilities that VoIP enables includes voice messaging, enhanced data services, number portability, Emergency 911 and... untethered roaming within a school or district. [B]y converging both phone and data onto a single network, it’s possible to simplify system administration and lower operational costs....
Marc Dean Millot, July 22, 2008
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School & District Management Opinion School Improvement RFP of the Week (1): Design/Build a User Friendly Decision Support System for Nebraska
Complicated, jargon laden information management tools have little pragmatic use if only a few, highly technical individuals are able to effectively use the system to guide decision-making.... Meaning, the DSS will not require the end-user to obtain specialized training to use the system....
Marc Dean Millot, July 22, 2008
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Education Opinion 5 From 1: Federal Policy and Politics
Marc Dean Millot, July 21, 2008
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Education Opinion Friday Guest Column: One Teacher's Hopes for NCLB II
The following are one teacher's recommendations for NCLB II. John Thompson would like to pay special attention to the way that these sorts of proposals could benefit the education providers industry.
Marc Dean Millot, July 18, 2008
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Education Opinion The Letter From: "In short, I see no problem with research INITIALLY becoming public with little or no review.” (II)
Researchers may not want their work to be subject to review prior to publication because they fear it might not be published sufficiently close to "as is" to support their conclusions and recommendations. Alternatively, they might be "above the law" in fact - subject to no real world penalties for disregarding professional norms.
Marc Dean Millot, July 17, 2008
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Education Opinion The Letter From: "In short, I see no problem with research becoming public with little or no review.” (Between I and II)
Today's Letter was to examine why I was not surprised to read that he has “no problem with research becoming public with little or no review.” In the interim, however, Greene advanced a number of arguments defending his position. The air needs to be cleared of these smoke screens first, so my plan is address his arguments here and return to my plan tomorrow.
Marc Dean Millot, July 16, 2008
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School & District Management Opinion School Improvement RFP of the Week (2): Who Should Drive School Safety? Educators, Police, or FEMA?
Very little frightens me as much as the application of traditional facility security planning and thinking to public schools.
Marc Dean Millot, July 15, 2008
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School & District Management Opinion School Improvement RFP of the Week (1): Preschool Services for Los Angeles and Adjacent Counties
New contracting concepts inevitably build on existing contractual models. Consider this as one starting point for the terms of school contracting.
Marc Dean Millot, July 15, 2008
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Education Opinion 5 From 1: Research
Marc Dean Millot, July 14, 2008
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Education Opinion Friday Guest Column: Man Bites Dog? Educators Use Technology to Improve Writing
Eight school districts in Southern California use classroom technology to improve writing skills.
Marc Dean Millot, July 11, 2008
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Education Opinion The Letter From: "In short, I see no problem with research becoming public with little or no review.” (I)
I find Greene ‘s final statement statement about education research both incredible and unsurprising. When consumers are left to determine the basic quality of quantitative research unaided by prior review, why shouldn't we consider such work to be the intellectual equivalent of patent medicine?
Marc Dean Millot, July 10, 2008
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School & District Management Opinion School Improvement RFP of the Week (2): Retiree Leaseback - A Back Door to Outsourcing the Teaching Force
Those employees interested and qualified to participate in this program would take full retirement and then be formally hired by the successful firm and placed back in their same position (or other position as qualified) as a contract employee.
Marc Dean Millot, July 8, 2008
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School & District Management Opinion School Improvement RFP of the Week (1): SES, meet 21st CCLC
The Department will fund projects that will serve as national models of how these two federally authorized afterschool initiatives can be coordinated so that a greater number of students enroll in, participate in, and complete academic after-school services that improve their achievement in reading and mathematics.
Marc Dean Millot, July 8, 2008
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Education Opinion 5 From 1: Providers
My top five press releases from July's School Improvement Industry Announcements – Providers
Marc Dean Millot, July 7, 2008
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