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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Who is Dr. Marzano? – Save Maine Schools

Who is Dr. Marzano? – Save Maine Schools:

Who is Dr. Marzano?

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 Meet Dr. Robert Marzano.

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Dr. Marzano calls himself an education expert.  His specialities include competency-based education and teacher observation. He was never a teacher, but he’s done enough “research” to know what it takes to transform your classroom.
(Sign up for more information on his website to can get more information, and a representative will get back to you right way with a cost estimate.)
Dr. Marzano, who has long been in the education reform business, recently acquired the Reinventing Schools Coalition.
According to the recently revamped Reinventing Schools website (they dropped the “Coalition” because “RISC” sounded too risky), their “story begins in the early 1990s in a rural Alaskan school district comprised of a native population as well as other groups.”
All sorts of miracles happened, “news about the dramatic success in a small Alaskan town traveled far and fast and Chugach received the Who is Dr. Marzano? – Save Maine Schools: