George Scott In Texas Republic News: The Wrong Equation For Algebra
A column written by the publisher of George Scott Reports has been featured again in the new statewide online publication Texas Republic News. Entitled The Wrong Equation For Algebra, the column addresses the State’s decision to require Algebra II for high school graduation. This column is a strong complement to the stories that George Scott Reports is currently publishing on our own website....
Katy I.S.D.: Classrooms To College - Part VII - Premises, Assumptions From This Point Forward
From this point forward in the Classroom To College series, you are going to be presented academic performance and statistical information that are rarely, if ever, analyzed by public policy researchers much less public education curriculum administrators. George Scott Reports has addressed these issues in principle since beginning the website in September. To lay the foundation for this analysis,...
Katy I.S.D. Classroom To College: Part VIII
The first essential step in understanding the academic organization of individual high school math classrooms is to better understand the academic profile of the student body from which the classrooms are formed. Let’s begin with the bottom line. Katy is not the immortal ‘Lake Wobegon’ where every student is above average. Setting aside the District’s public relations machine, the Chamber...
Katy I.S.D.: Classrooms To College Part VI
As we now get ready to move into real math classrooms of Katy I.S.D.’s high schools, let me use hyperbole to make a point that will use an ‘unreal’ example to focus your attention on a very real situation. If I were Katy I.S.D., I could easily create a ‘storm the school district’ response from parents by announcing the following curriculum initiatives: Initiative 1: “Dear Parents: ...
Visiting us from Texas Republic News? Start Here…
I am excited that George Scott Reports has been featured in the Texas Republic News. (Link to George’s featured column here.)For those linking to us from that source, we think you will quickly discover that George Scott Reports is a unique brand of citizen-journalism bearing huge differences from many that pursue the debate on public policy issues. We are totally focused upon education...
George Scott Reports Adds Four New Videos
George Scott Reports has added four new video messages to the website. The messages range from just under one minute in length to just under two minutes. We think you will find them interesting and challenging. You can access them from the home page. Read More →
Freedom Of Information Foundation Of Texas Notes George Scott’s Role In Effort To Protect Public Information Act
Last year’s aborted effort by Supt. Alton Frailey and the Katy I.S.D. School Board to weaken provisions of the Texas Public Information Act earned the attention of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. So too did the publisher of George Scott Reports. Here’s a link to the organization’s website A recent publication of the statewide organization called attention to George...
A Note To Our Readers
It’s been a pretty busy week for George Scott Reports. Most of it has been behind the scenes as we have been getting ready for a major new round of publications - starting Tuesday. There’s some exciting news for our website coming very soon. George Scott Read More →
Bad Candidates Make Bad Board Members; GSR Will Focus On Reform, Not School Board Elections
The Houston Chronicle ventured into the arena of high school journalism this week in its coverage of Katy I.S.D. Its no-holds barred ‘investigation’ included its annual perfunctory story that the filing period for positions on the school board will open February 9 and extend through March 9. The election will be in May. Knowing that I can depend upon the Chronicle to keep me up to speed on the...
Frailey, Team Will Not Answer Questions About Curriculum Initiative; Board Members & Local Media Won’t Ask Questions; So Here Goes Another Public Information Request
If parents, students and classroom teachers had a competent school board dedicated to holding its Katy I.S.D. administrators accountable, there would likely never be a need to submit such a public information request as the one you are about to read. George Scott Reports has published many columns on the acquiescent behavior of the members of the Katy I.S.D. School Board. The Report has suggested...