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Metropolitan Omaha Educational Consortium
Teaming for Quality Education

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Spring 2008

Fall 2008

Op-Ed Articles

Published Op-Ed articles relating to MOEC:

  1. Student Literacy Gets Major Boost, authored by Dr. Charles Johanningsmeier and Dr. Sarah Edwards. Dr. Johanningsmeier is a professor in the UNO English Department and Dr. Edwards is assistant professor in the College of Education. Dr. Edwards is a member of the MOEC Curriculum and Instruction Task and worked with that task force to organize METLink. This Op-Ed article appeared in the Omaha World Herald on Wednesday, November 17, 2010.
  2. Charter Schools Are Not Needed, authored by Dr. Richard Christie, MOEC Executive Director and assistant professor in the Educational Leadership and Supervision Department. This Op-Ed article appeared in the Omaha World Herald on Saturday, November 20, 2010.
  3. Master's-level teachers merit respect, authored by Dr. Robert Mortenson, professor emeritus and former associate dean of the College of Education at UNO. This Op-Ed article references CADRE and appeared in the Omaha World Herald on Wednesday, January 5, 2011
  4. Education cuts, reforms may worsen schools' woes, authored by Dr. Richard Christie, MOEC Executive Director and assistant professor in the Educational Leadership and Supervision Department. This Op-Ed article appeared in the Omaha World Herald on Saturday, March 7, 2011.

Letters to the Editor

Published letters to the Editor from Symposium on School Leadership:

  1. Improve State Writing Test, authored by Krystal Hudecek, La Vista, NE. The state writing assessment has been given to all fourth-, eighth- and 11th-graders in Nebraska for the past 10 years. Teachers train students how to effectively write in a variety of genres and for a variety of audiences by using modeling and practice. This Letter to the Editor appeared in the Omaha World Herald on Wednesday, March 4, 2011.