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By Griff Wigley, on November 16, 2009, 1:11 pm
  Northfield is on the front page of the Strib again today: Teachers broke law by posting top test scores. "In an advisory opinion, the Minnesota Department of Administration agreed with a parent who complained that posting her son’s test results in class for all to see was a violation of state law protecting student data."
I was informed about this situation earlier this year when the parent, Kathie Galotti, brought it to my attention, asking for my opinion about the situation. I contacted her this morning when I saw the story and got her permission to post PDF’s of her letter to the Dept. and the subsequent ruling. I think there are still issues to discuss since the practice is evidently still continuing, albeit with parental permission of individual students.
By Griff Wigley, on September 30, 2009, 8:52 am
By Griff Wigley, on February 26, 2009, 11:09 am
 Our studio guest this week: Kathie Galotti, parent of two K-12 students and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Carleton College, discussing the flap over the proposed district-wide 1 hr late start/early release on Mondays next year. I’ve turned off comments on this blog post. Continue the discussion (over 80 comments thus far) attached to Kathie’s Feb. 17 blog post, My objections to the proposed changes to the school calendar.
Click play to listen. 30 minutes. You can also subscribe to the podcast feed, or subscribe directly with iTunes. Continue reading Podcast: Kathie Galotti on the proposed district-wide 1 hr late start/early release
By Kathleen Galotti, on February 17, 2009, 12:34 pm
 I’ll begin this with a letter to the editor I submitted to the Northfield News, which I think is self-explanatory:
On Feb 9 the Northfield School Board entertained two options for next year’s school calendar. Both involve having a one hour late-start EVERY MONDAY of the year, so that teachers can have the time to meet in professional learning communities. These meetings would replace the four days that have traditionally been scheduled with 2 hours either late start or early release. Parents have one month to comment on the proposed calendar. (continued)
Continue reading Guest blogger Kathleen Galotti: My objections to the proposed changes to the school calendar
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