Trinity Banter | Emily Meehan | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/emeehan2/activity/ Activity feed for Emily Meehan. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:53:35 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 7aa13da3317575e88c73dd38cd697e83 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, A Parent's Guide to the SBAC, on the site Urban Ed @ Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/urbaned/?p=760 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:38:19 -0400 For our project, we created a guide for parents to help them navigate the SBAC test.  The purpose of this site is to provide parents with suggestions and answers to frequently asked questions about the exam so […]

]]> 8ce3ef7c077f2b62f6c528f9fa5d77d8 Emily Meehan commented on the post, Issuing penalties to districts when families opt out of testing?, on the site Urban Ed @ Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/urbaned/2016/04/18/issuing-penalties-to-districts-when-families-opt-out-of-testing/#comment-123 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:19:33 -0400 Regardless of how one view’s testing, I believe that anyone should have the option to decide for themselves whether or not they want to participate in standardized assessment. I came to this opinion after […]

]]> b7e8884cedf5221b4ceffe575d34be74 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, The Debate Over Who Could Occupy World War II Public Housing in West Hartford, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2014/01/24/public-housing/ Thu, 15 May 2014 16:03:33 -0400 ThumbnailThis essay was developed in the Cities Suburbs & Schools seminar in Fall 2013 and published in Jan 2014 by ConnecticutHistory.org. See other Trinity student essays.

Oakwood Acres temporary housing, West […]

]]> 09a091b38f7f4c5eec6cadcb3e0ad53d Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Marketing the Magnet School, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/04/marketing-the-magnet-school/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:47:45 -0400 The concept of an Interdistrict magnet school is one that has played a significant role in the field of educational studies, especially when discussing desegregation.  Congress announced its support for the […]

]]> 72dfe7daee4c3de9a1fb96e21e935a84 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Proposal 2014, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/04/proposal-2014/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:46:05 -0400 Question:  How has the promotion of Magnet Schools in Hartford changed over time and does this affect whether enrollment of students from suburbs increases or decreases?

Why does this need to be researched? […]

]]> c7fdd0ac51c546f02b6d157badc25a0e Emily Meehan commented on the post, The Lottery: Parents Want and Deserve More for their Children's Futures, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/the-lottery-parents-want-more/#comment-6960 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:42:00 -0500 I thought you gave a really good overview of the documentary. I really like how you described the techniques used to film the families vs the techniques used to film charter school advocates. I think this is a […]

]]> 33c5b4c7b151d2ac1948ed1cb2d3b516 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, The Plight of The American Teacher, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/the-plight-of-the-american-teacher/ Sun, 23 Feb 2014 14:45:51 -0500 Thumbnail“The American Teacher” is a documentary that explains the struggles of teachers in the United States today.  These struggles are told through interviews with educational policy experts and by chronicling a year of […]

]]> 6942c404a9e45048525024767b68bd71 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, First Education Committee Meeting Ends in Disappointment, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/the-reactions-to-the-february-10-education-committee-meeting/ Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:42:48 -0500 ThumbnailOn February 10, 2014 at 10:30 in the morning, the Hartford Education Committee held their first meeting of the 2014 session at the Legislative Office Building of the Hartford General Assembly. Room 2C was filled […]

]]> e1c882e0f5f486e72795bfea277df8a1 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Avoiding Plagiarism, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/avoiding-plagiarism-7/ Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:41:30 -0500 Step One:  No measure is perfect, but the estimates of value-added and other “growth models,” which attempt to isolate the “true effect” of an individual teacher through his or her students’ test scores, are […]

]]> 8682cb3e10ad9f249678fbc6f2ceeb74 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Learning Goals , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/01/learning-goals-3/ Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:33:41 -0500 I would like to learn more about the educational policies that existed in the past.  Once I have some knowledge about these policies, I would like to explore how each, if any, influenced the development of modern […]

]]> 0ddcd6fcfcbbb9b7c406a4117fe31dc0 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Dennis Parker's Reflection, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/11/10/dennis-parkers-reflection/ Sun, 10 Nov 2013 21:05:02 -0500 Thumbnail

At the luncheon for the One Nation Indivisible school integration conference, “Where Integration Meets Innovation”, a panel of speakers explained the massive strides that have been taken towards educational […]

]]> eb1a0d1d98f6f8ccd7b47697cb4379fc Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Exercise 7: How To Lie With Maps, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/28/exercise-7/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:43:41 -0400 Sharp Racial Divisions

Widespread Racial Diversity

The two maps above both depict the same data for the percent of minority students in Hartford-area school districts for the 2009-2010 school year. […]

]]> 3b4daeffbe1bb932afed9e47c92fbe91 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, The Debate Over Who Could Occupy World War II Public Housing in West Hartford, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/15/the-debate-over-who-could-occupy-world-war-ii-public-housing-in-west-hartford/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 02:38:03 -0400 ThumbnailIn 1943, a dispute erupted between white West Hartford housing officials and their white supporters, and the federal government over whether or not African Americans should be allowed to live in the World War II […]

]]> 64751c98595841af4b59bfe38755f9cf Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Avoiding Plagiarism, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/26/avoiding-plagiarism-3/ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:26:05 -0400 Step 1:

Oral Reading skills?  The same.  Imaginative capabilities?  The same.  Ability to stay focused?…the same.  The ability to work cooperatively?  The same.  Willingness to take risks?  The same.  Ease at […]

]]> 7134ebe4a85e8030b807b138e9a7fbab Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Scheff 2008 Settlement, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/22/scheff-2008-settlement/ Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:58:26 -0400 On April 4, 2008 defendants and plaintiffs of the lawsuit Scheff vs. O’neil met to discuss plans to increase progress in “reducing racial, ethnic, and economic isolation in Hartford Public Schools until June 2013” […]

]]> d1ece7b3c87fb4e56bdc28bbe8001170 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Housing Barriers Exercise, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/13/housing-sources-exercises/ Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:49:59 -0400 “West Hartford Zoning: Report to the Zoning Commission on the Zoning of West Hartford”  was written by Robert Whitten, a commissioner of the Zoning Authority.  This source reports guidelines regarding the purpose […]

]]> 78df3cd4450cd7bc00237fefe790bf23 Emily Meehan wrote a new post, Emily M. Home Buying Simulation Exercise, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/06/emily-m-home-buying-simulation-exercise/ Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:51:24 -0400 As a sophomore in college, I never thought I would need to know how to purchase a home for a family and myself.  This exercise gave me the opportunity to simulate the experience of buying a home, and therefore […]

]]> 50e49fd2b777a445dcfc0babaf006bcd Emily Meehan wrote a new post, (no title), on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/04/9508/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:52:41 -0400 sample post

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