Educational+Issues+and+Topics

=School Issues=

//Merit Pay//
Economic Policy Institute – Merit Pay when it's hard to measure all the individual contributions of productivity, formulaic pay plans tend to be suspect and do more harm than good. [|http://www.epi.org/page/-/pdf/20090514_merit_pay_pr.pdf]

//Performance Factors//
Indicators of potential drop outs: Suspensions, absences, failing grade: [|http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2009/0515/20090515_122610_Denver_Dropout_Report_Final.pdf] =Parent Engagement=
 * School, home factors affecting achievement: []
 * Teacher performance evaluations - The Widget Effect, Teachers emotional - Harrison School District

//Open House//
=Charter Schools= =College Readiness= =Politics=
 * Make ‘em laugh
 * Have kids lead tours, put up pictures – give them ownership
 * Have slideshow/video something playing (what about a video on parent engagement)
 * Flyers on how to help children at school
 * Contact information (include chain of command)
 * Don’t lecture nor discuss individual students
 * [|Executive Branch Web site Summary on Education]
 * Potitical thoughts and quotes
 * [|Colorado Issues] PEBC