Trinity Banter | Holly | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/hheffern/activity/ Activity feed for Holly. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:09:45 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 d52664894d7b94eb51fd363e44d610ce Holly wrote a new post, Accepted: The evolution of college admission requirements, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/05/accepted-the-evolution-of-college-admission-requirements/ Fri, 02 May 2014 17:57:40 -0400 Accepted: The evolution of college admission requirements
The choice to move onto higher education is a particularly simple in the 21st century, with 75% of college students continuing their studies after high […]

]]> c1bf09965acda7c70afce647228691b4 Holly wrote a new post, 2014 Proposal , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/04/2014-proposal/ Sun, 06 Apr 2014 22:57:02 -0400  

Research Question:  What are the positive and negative affects of attending a private vs. public school in regards to the college process? Does one have an advantage over the other?
Relevance: The debate […]

]]> 95b533486ebd77fec2cb642de32973e9 Holly commented on the post, Race to Nowhere: Illuminating a Problem, Still Searching For Solutions, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/race-to-nowhere-illuminating-a-problem-still-searching-for-solutions/#comment-6962 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:42:35 -0500 This outlook on the movie Race to Nowhere was quite enlightening in regard to the failing of american students but was also very helpful in the sense of connecting movie theme to class. The connection to Ravitch […]

]]> 7f044891e7ae058e634a987ecd9ad310 Holly commented on the post, Harsh Realities of an American Teacher, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/harsh-realities-of-an-american-teacher/#comment-6941 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 23:10:44 -0500 It was interesting to read this analysis of American Teacher as I watched the same movie as well as read the same article about Merit pay. This is very well written and makes me think about the movie in another […]

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American Teacher is an eye-opening documentary that exposes the harsh realities’ teachers in America face when they enter the educational workforce. Despite our country’s high demand on people achieving a […]

]]> 3c6a428f8bfffb5f3fa7b2dcca066d21 Holly wrote a new post, Avoiding Plagiarism Heffernan, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/avoiding-plagiarism-18/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:36:02 -0500 Step One: He found that the average “margin of error” of a New York City teacher was plus or minus 28 points.

 

Step Two:  He found that the normal “margin of error” of a New York City educator was plus or […]

]]> 2eedb3c7dc59157090913f84c2db5604 Holly 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-5/ Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:36:57 -0500 During the semester I hope to learn more about the past educational policies within Hartford and connect them to my experience from Educ 200. The opportunity to expose myself to an actual reform within the […]

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