Comments on: 18 online updates and one story for Tuesday’s deadwood edition http://merandawrites.com/2008/03/24/18-online-updates-and-one-story-for-tuesdays-deadwood-edition/ curious by nature, journalist by trade Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:48:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Meranda http://merandawrites.com/2008/03/24/18-online-updates-and-one-story-for-tuesdays-deadwood-edition/#comment-17020 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:12:39 +0000 http://merandawrites.com/2008/03/24/18-online-updates-and-one-story-for-tuesdays-deadwood-edition/#comment-17020 @Daniel — Our DOE is pretty good about giving us things the day before so we can analyze the data and prepare packages. Of course, it would have been MUCH more helpful if I'd, you know, actually had time to look at any of the information today. Also would be nice if they'd given them to us last week or next week, since all but one school district of the four public ones in this county are on spring break. Makes it a bit more challenging. Good luck in PA during the elections. I'm definitely jealous of all my Ohioan friends who still get to be courted by the presidential campaigns. Ah las, this is probably the closest we'll come to mattering. So I was super excited to get to lead the online coverage today. Either way, I'll take it. @Daniel — Our DOE is pretty good about giving us things the day before so we can analyze the data and prepare packages. Of course, it would have been MUCH more helpful if I’d, you know, actually had time to look at any of the information today. Also would be nice if they’d given them to us last week or next week, since all but one school district of the four public ones in this county are on spring break. Makes it a bit more challenging.

Good luck in PA during the elections. I’m definitely jealous of all my Ohioan friends who still get to be courted by the presidential campaigns. Ah las, this is probably the closest we’ll come to mattering. So I was super excited to get to lead the online coverage today. Either way, I’ll take it.

]]> by: Daniel Victor http://merandawrites.com/2008/03/24/18-online-updates-and-one-story-for-tuesdays-deadwood-edition/#comment-17019 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:08:00 +0000 http://merandawrites.com/2008/03/24/18-online-updates-and-one-story-for-tuesdays-deadwood-edition/#comment-17019 Very cool. I almost did the same kind of thing when Hillary came to speak in Harrisburg last week, and I'll probably end up doing it sometime before April 22. God knows Hillary's hanging out in Pennsylvania long enough. As an aside -- you get your AYP results the day before? So unfair. In PA last year they released the results online at 10 a.m., then had the education secretary's press conference at 11 a.m., leaving us no time to comb over the results and come up with detailed questions. Now I'm even more frustrated to learn that other states are giving reporters the results earlier. Argh. Very cool. I almost did the same kind of thing when Hillary came to speak in Harrisburg last week, and I’ll probably end up doing it sometime before April 22. God knows Hillary’s hanging out in Pennsylvania long enough.

As an aside — you get your AYP results the day before? So unfair. In PA last year they released the results online at 10 a.m., then had the education secretary’s press conference at 11 a.m., leaving us no time to comb over the results and come up with detailed questions. Now I’m even more frustrated to learn that other states are giving reporters the results earlier. Argh.

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