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The Madness of Letter Grades: Part 2

  • December 5, 2016

 Bonus Podcast 2: Dr. Mark Siegel addresses shortcomings of the letter grading system. This is part two of a two-part series.    

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Mark Siegel
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The Madness of Letter Grades: Part 1

  • December 5, 2016

Bonus Podcast 1: Dr. Mark Siegel addresses shortcomings of the letter grading system. This is part one of a two-part series.  

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A great prezi on proficiency education. Very easy to follow

  • July 22, 2014
  • Tagged as: Proficiency Ed

This prezi by Josh Flosi is great.  You will learn a lot and think about a lot just by clicking your way throught it.  I learn more every time I do! Click here to watch…

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What’s Wrong With Our Schools (Part 2): Senioritis

  • June 29, 2012

[Note:  My last blog talked about the agrarian school calendar.  I missed the news that the Los Angeles Unified School district is cutting days from the existing school year.  The Los Angeles Times wrote:  …

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What’s Wrong With Our Schools (Part 1): The Agrarian Calendar

  • June 26, 2012

In the US, the school year is based on the premise that students study in the winter and help farm in the summer.  Duhhh! That may have been true in the past, but today most…

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The Factory-Model School Can’t Be Reformed – It Must Be Transformed!

  • June 24, 2012

Interesting side note: This week I had the honor of co-presenting a session about blogging at finalsite university in Hartford, Connecticut (finalsite hosts Delphian’s website and provides our content management system).  During the session I…

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Workplace Literacy – What a Great Idea!

  • June 20, 2012

Oregon public education is changing in a major way.  We no longer elect a Superintendent of Public Instruction.  The Governor now wears that additional hat.  Our last elected Superintendent is ending her term early (at…

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Thoughts About Life from This Year’s Commencement Speaker

  • June 13, 2012

This year’s Commencement speaker was Dr. Thomas Hellie, President of Linfield College.  It was a great speech.  He gave our graduates four main pieces of advice, with good examples and Shakespearian references: 1) Find a…

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We Don’t Need School Reform, We Need School Transformation

  • June 3, 2012

We Don’t Need School Reform, We Need School Transformation   I just read a great article about a “cutting-edge education experiment at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School” in Maine, that “could become the norm in Maine…

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I was on Oregon Public Broadcasting this morning.

  • February 28, 2012
Dr. Mark Siegel Delphian School

As noted in an earlier blog, I am the volunteer executive director of the Oregon Federation of Independent Schools.   This morning, I was on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud on a forty-five minute segment…

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