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Trullo Caterina perfect for 2 to relax and explore Villa
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Description A lovely Trullo in an elevated position with views over countryside and our local town of Cisternino (3kms), beautiful gardens and pool set in 2 acres of olive and fruit trees. Self catering with one double bedroom, bathroom, sitting room and kitchen. The Trullo is very appealing architecturally, and furnished comfortably and is well equipped. Private courtyard outside with table, chairs, recliners. A BBQ is available but seldom requested - too many good restaurants to try! The main garden has many places to sit and relax: by the fish pond, near the pool, or on the newly finished Upper Patio - (there are speakers and an ipod adaptor). Ideal for walking, cycling. A rural location so you need a car. The property is very easy to locate, even arriving at night. Sandy and rocky beaches 20 mins away - we provide beach towels, but also have beach chairs and umbrella. The old areas of the towns (Centro Storico) are very attractive and historically interesting; all have excellent restaurants. Towns within 30 mins drive through the Valle d'Itria: Locorotondo, Martina Franca, Alberobello, Ceglie Messapica, Ostuni. The area is well known for its wines, olive oil, fruits and vegetables, seafood and meats. Main towns 1 to 2 hours drive: Bari, Lecce, Brindisi (where the Appian Way ends), Taranto. Visit: Castel del Monte, Castellana Grotte, Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca. For something different: walk in the beautiful National Park of Pollino, 'tackle' its Raganello Gorge, raft on the river Lao. (excursions arranged by us - day trip or longer). Trullo Caterina offers complete relaxation, with the occasional interruption by one of the pets! The owners, Andrew and Jill, and their son, James, are there if you need them - but can remain invisible, if your prefer! Puglia offers good food and wine, history, architecture, daily market (somewhere!), lovely coastline and beaches, delightful countryside. The region produces some excellent wines and there are numerous Wineries where these can be bought - and, of course, sampled! For a great nightlife: visit mid-June to mid-Sept. July and August can be hot, so Spring and Autumn better for sightseeing. Olive picking starts in late autumn. We produce our own organic extra virgin olive oil; a bottle is provided along with other local produce. We look forward to welcoming you one day. If you would like to stay at Trullo Caterina, we ask for a 25% deposit to confirm the booking with the balance due 8 weeks before arrival. ASK ABOUT SPRINGTIME OFFER: MAY 09 - 23, 2015 - GOOD SAVING!TripAdvisor property ID 3851046 ...Read more
Trullo Caterina perfect for 2 to relax and explore Cisternino, Puglia, Italy
Additional Location Information
Located 3 kms outside the medieval picturesque town of Cisternino on the road to the village of Marinelli.
Nearest airports: BARI 65 minutes, BRINDISI 55 minutes (times approximate)
Most major Car Hire firms have offices at both airports
More About This Location
Rural retreats
Getting There
Car is essential
Proximity to TripAdvisor's Top Cisternino Attractions
Proximity to TripAdvisor's Top Cisternino Attractions
Last updated on October 08, 2015
Rates shown in $ USD (Rental listed originally in EUR)
|Minimum Stay
Please note: these rates exclude taxes and fees and may vary depending on the length of your stay. Rates are also subject to change at the owner's discretion.
Additional notes from the owner
Additional fee of 15.00 euro per day for central heating when required.
Seasons: Low 01 Nov - 15 Mar (excluding Christmas and New Year)
Mid 16 Mar - 15 Jun and 15 Sept - 31 Oct
High 16 Jun - 14 Sept
- Fireplace
- Alarm Clock
- Towels Provided
- Clothes Dryer
- Washing Machine
- Central heating
- Iron
- Short breaks allowed (1-4 days)
- Local Guides/Maps
- Hair dryer
- Linens Provided
Phone / Internet
- Internet Access
- Wireless Internet
Pool / Spa
- Private outdoor pool (unheated)
Property Features
- Secure parking space
- Parking
- Grill
- Freezer
- Blender
- Paper Towels Provided
- Kettle
- Refrigerator
- Stove or Oven
- Stereo or CD player
- Satellite or cable TV
- DVD Player
- Books
- Outdoor Dining Area
- Porch
- Garden
- Patio
- 4 Dining chairs
- 4 Lounge chairs
- Pet - ask
- Suitable for the elderly
- Smoking
- Wheelchair accessible
- children - ask
Reviews (14)
based on 14 reviews
of guests would stay again
Very good
"A "trulli" magical experience."
After a busy week in Rome it was such a treat to come to Trullo Caterina. It is a unique experience to stay in a trullo which was found to be extremely clean, comfortable and peaceful. We slept so well in the comfortable bed. The grounds are breathtaking, as well as the views, as the trullo is quite high up. It is in a great location to visit the local towns and the sea shore. The owners Jill and andrew and their son James were wonderful hosts who are knowledgable about the area and would do anything to make our stay enjoyable.
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Recommended for: Luxury, Rugged, Romantic
Jane and Chris
"A haven of peace amongst the olive groves"
I'm quite a fussy traveller and spend a long time researching ideal holiday locations. This rental proved to be one of the best I have ever found.
The lovely garden and pool area is an absolute haven of peace and the cottage beautifully renovated, clean and very well equipped with a nice terrace area for eating out. When we arrived everything had been perfectly prepared to welcome us - more like hotel service than a usual holiday rental!
Ideally situated only 3km from Cisternino this trullo in the Itria valley is the perfect base to visit the beautiful surrounding villages, towns and beaches. Whether you prefer just to relax at the pool, or like visiting new places there is certainly enough to do in the area to keep you busy for one or two weeks.
Jill and andrew are great hosts. They live on site, but know exactly how to provide the right balance - present when you need them, but never intruding. They gave us a lot of valuable tips for restaurants etc. which we would never have found without their help, and andrew even offered to take us on a hiking trip a good three hours drive from the trullo! That's service!
And any downsides ? If you're visiting in the summer and are prone to mosquitoes, take plenty of spray!!
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Recommended for: Romantic
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"Wonderful place to relax and enjoy Italy at its best. Great host"
We stayed in this trullo for 12 nights and had a fantastic time. Jill and andrew are charming and could not do more to make you welcome and to ensure that your needs are completely met. Although the rented trullo is a part of their home, they have made great efforts to ensure that your area is self-contained and private. While they are very happy to help, (for instance, ringing to book restaurants, finding a dentist) their presence is completely unobtrusive. We would highly recommend and hope that many more enjoy their stay as much as we did.
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"Relaxing stay"
We stayed here for a week as part of a month's driving tour of Italy. Reaching Trollo Caterina 12 days into our trip we were ready to relax and enjoy the wonderful peace and quiet in delightful surroundings. We could not have asked for better. The trollo is indeed compact but perfect for 2. It's nicely furnished with a lovely private patio where we had breakfast every morning and long evenings sipping local wine. The pool area is gorgeous as is the garden with it's lovely old olive trees and views of the undulating countryside dotted with trullis. It was very hot whilst we were there so many hours were spent relaxing with a book under the olive trees beside the pool. We had our bikes so also explored some of the region and local villages. Many restaurants can be found in the small streets in the old part of Cisternino only a couple of miles away, although we chose to eat at home on several occasions as the Trollo and its ambience was so lovely.
Jill and andrew were perfect hosts and always there if we needed them.
We would highly recommend staying here and, given the opportunity, we both hope to return.
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Recommended for: Romantic
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"trulli scrumptious"
We had a wonderful stay, Jill and andrew were perfect hosts. We arrived late, tired and hungry and Jill had prepared us a lovely Italian meal. The trullo was beautifully restored with wonderful views and surroundings. However, the highlight was Charlie Pickle, their very adorable dog!
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"A little Gem"
I have often stayed in places with the intention of returning but this is the first time I have actually done it.
We spent two very enjoyable weeks in Trullo Caterina last year, and it was perfectly located to visit the many beautiful towns and places of interest that Puglia and Basilicata have to offer.
This year we stayed just one very lazy week enjoying the pool and garden at the Trullo. As ever, Andrew and Jill were perfect hosts - always on hand if we needed them.
The trullo is small but extremely comfortable, with a beautiful outside area to sit and read or eat & drink. The pool and barbecue area are gorgeous, and we spent much of our time there reading under the shade of an olive tree. Andrew is a passionate gardener and the care with which the grounds are kept really make this a special place to stay. The photos on the website really don't do him justice!
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"Charming and friendly"
This is a small but charming trullo (attached to the owners' own trullo) and set in farmland just a 5 min drive from Cisternino; 20 mins drive to the coast and within the proximity of interesting places to visit - Locorotondo, Ostuni and Martina Franca - where there is a classical music festival in the summer.
One should have no concerns about the owners being so close. The trullo is very private and the owners andrew and Jill, are delightful, helpful and very knowledgeable about the area and are always on hand if required. You do run the risk of being invited for a glass (or two) of the local vino and prosciutto combined with some very warm company.
The trullo icludes its own sitting room, kitchen,immaculate bathroom and a garden terrace outside the entrance for those who enjoy an espresso in the sun with or without smoke!
Anne and Nick
"Peace and total relaxation."
When we arrived at Trullo Caterina, we were enchanted by the design and atmosphere of these unusual buildings and the beautiful landscape surrounding them.
With the very warmest of welcomes from Jill and andrew, who can advise on everything you could want to know about the local area and beyond, we were hooked!
The Trullo itself is delightfully cosy, immaculate, with lovely homely touches. Outside, the immediate courtyard is perfect for eating 'al fresco' and the extensive grounds and unique pool are stunning.
There are so many fascinating places of interest, together with the beaches, to visit. However, time and again you will be drawn back to the peace and total relaxation that is Trullo Caterina.
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"Trulli wonderful"
My wife and I have stayed at Trullo Caterina three times already, and are planning another visit there shortly.
Trullo Caterina has become our home from home whenever we are in the area. The trullo is well equipped and comfortable and lacks for nothing; moreover, Jill has added little touches that make one's stay even more homely.
Andrew is always available with great recommendations and suggestions and, as a bonus, will gladly organise some serious trekking in the 'backwoods' of the region.
on the other hand, the pool and garden are ideal for a total do-nothing-but-relax type holiday.
These accommodations are 'trulli' perfect, but one does need a car (or a bicycle).
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"Winter break"
It was a short but most relaxing winter break. On 2 mornings it was warm enough to have morning coffee outside in our pyjamas! Lots of places to explore, interesting towns as well as coastline. The only reason we didn't give it 5 stars is because it was too cold to try out the swimming pool! The trullo was warm and cosy.
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"The place to be"
I have been to Italy many times from the north to the south. However, I finally felt I genuinely experienced real Italy, to be more precise, real Southern Italy. To stay in Cisternino was not flashy summer like staying in Capri or Sorrento, however everything I was seeking for in the Southern Italy were here.
Amazingly good food, fresh ingredients and wines (just going to the supermarket was such a joy) ...simple life with quality and more than anything, everything was so cheap. Probably, I am quite idealistic about Southern Italy, but my summer here was so rich in many ways that I will never forget it.
Trullo Caterina was very charming and cozy place. Since this is trullo style villa and guests sleep in the trullo, you will not need to go to alberbello, where it became so touristic that it is almost disappointing to visit. You will be able to have whole experience and scenary of this area just staying in Trullo Caterina.
You will be welcomed by extremely lovely English couple and their loving dogs and cats and etc.. running around in the Southern Italy/English style garden.
By looking where Cisternino is on the map, it seems to be in the middle of nowhere. Yes, it is middle of nowhere but Martina Franca, Ostuni, Alberobello and beach areas are within 30 to 40 minutes away by car... If time allows, you will be able to visit another Unesco site called Matera. It is in about 2 hours drive. The owner can guide you to amazing attractions such as trecking and hiking in Pollino National Park.
You must have a car to get around, however bus and train rides are something to experience as well. Surprisingly, public transport is quite organised! you just need to forget about time and your purpose. Just enjoy whatever comes along.
Someone who is looking for a vacation for not doing anything and real experience, forget about big resort. This is the place to be.
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"Unspoiled Italy. Spoiled Guests."
Trullo Caterina - our first time in this part of Italy and we were enchanted. The Trullo is situated in beautiful surroundings complete with a uniquely splendid outdoor pool and providing a wonderful and relaxing base for exploring Puglia. Gill and andrew were excellent hosts and nothing was too much trouble - providing advice, recommendations and much needed directions! The accommodation is very well equipped with everything you would expect - and more - making self catering very easy. The Trullo is in easy reach of all the major towns and the coast - and thanks to advice from Gill and andrew we found some hidden gems. We look forward to our return trip and sampling yet more of the local red (and white!) - not forgetting Trullo Caterina's own olive oil.
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Bari Italy
"Great Break"
We took a short break at Trullo Caterina. Beautiful setting, wonderful hospitality, such a lovely comfortable trullo. We can highly recommend it.
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Ocean Grove
"A fabulous experience in Southern Italy"
Charming accommodation with friendly hosts who have thought of everything to make your stay memorable. Highly recommended for anyone who likes a peaceful base to return to after an interesting day of sightseeing and eating, with a lovely pool to swim in or relax beside.
We would return tomorrow if we could !!
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Would you recommend this vacation rental to a friend? Yes
Recommended for: Friends, Tourists, Families w teenagers, Families w children, Rugged, Romantic, Singles, Luxury


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I would like to remind a few people that are now starting to believe the piles of warm fuzzy feces that are being thrown around in daily emails, meetings in VA, conference calls, etc. etc. etc.
There is no way this merger will tip the balance of power on the Street.
Success needs to have a winning culutre. When you combine an old tired negative sales force that kind of has a losing culture, and a mish mash of series 6 bank reps and independants that have no culture of all things it does equal, I can tell you it won't equal a winning wirehouse.
I know some blue bloods from Jax who went to JMU and some working class types who went to Danny's alma mater, W&M. VCU is sort of like Texas A&M, isn't it? I am not too familar with VCU.
Sorry, JMU ain't no blue blood college. No self-respecting blue blood Virginia college would hire Lefty to coach bball. No way is JMU in the league of THE University. Even Claibourne's UR is head and shoulders above it. My favorite is good ol' VCU, the "KMart of Higher Education."
I knew a broker once at Scott Stringfellow whose initials are/were W.S. Do you know him, too, whoq2001?
That's a really old line firm and probably more blue blood than any other in the deep south, isn't it?
BTW, the guys/gals you kept that were worth keeping do like Mr. Meyer a lot. The only complaint they had about dinner at Danny's was they ruined their shoes. Grass too wet, way too much rain. Even the Jewish ones liked him, whoq2001. They're a tough crowd to please.
You forgot James Madison, sir heeb_meister. Let's talk Brookline and fellow members of the tribe who will tell us both their people came over with the Santa Maria and Columbus was really one of us incognito. Oh those haughty German Jews treated our kind like poor white Appalachian trailer court trash, didn't they?
On the kid, nuts, he is to be placed on IGNORE. He has a "personal problem" and a good career counselor would tell him to find a new profession.
"from" a Jew...sorry, a typist I am not. A brilliant financier, well, not THAT brilliant but good enough to live at the Rivah part-time and in Boca the rest. Think about it...little Jew beats VMI/UVA/RM/HS...all dirt roads lead to Tech!!! Go Hokies!!!
ok, tell ya vat I'm gonna do fer ya. An, yes, Scott & String, Craigie, knew 'em all. Great little shops filled with ol' Virginia blue bloods. "The University, VMI, Randy Mac, Hampton Sydney, NOT Tech"...yep...I'll tell you anything you want to know. Just ask good questions, ya hear?
BTW, you don't mind takin' lessons for a Jew, do you? Some of those old timers sure did. Didn't bother Marshall none, though. Good boy, that MW.
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Since Peter's gone I will let you in on what I was told by Brand Meyer's fan club:
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On your new co-workers, there are some damn good brokers and branch mgrs you retained in my opinion.
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Ever heard of a little Richmond firm called Scott & Stringfellow? Some of us natives didn't like working for a commercial bank in 1999 either so we just moved next door.
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I have a logging class that, well, logs things. I would like to add the ability to automatically have the current page be logged with the messages.
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From your class you can use the HttpContext.Current property (in System.Web.dll). From there, you can create a chain of properties:
The underlying object is a Page object, so if you cast it to that, then use any object you would normally use from within a Page object, such as the Request property.
It's brittle and hard to test but you can use System.Web.HttpContext.Current which will give you a Request property which in turn has the RawUrl property.
I tried to break it down a little :)
In the past I've also rolled my own logging classes and used Console.Writeln() but really there are a number of good logging options that already exist so why go there? I use NLog pretty much everywhere; it is extremely flexible with various log output destinations including console and file, lots of log format options, and is trivial to set up with versions targeting the various .net frameworks including compact. Running the installer will add NLog config file options to the Visual Studio Add New Item dialog. Using in your code is simple:


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Are there any remedies for jet lag? Is it possible to prevent jet lag?
There are several home remedies that can help with prevention of jet lag and easier recovery from the symptoms. The following are 12 tips to help travelers to avoid or to minimize the effects of jet lag.
Tip 1: Stay in shape
If you are in good physical condition, stay that way. In other words, long before you embark, continue to exercise, eat right, and get plenty of rest. Your physical stamina and conditioning will enable you to cope better after you land. If you are not physically fit, or have a poor diet, begin shaping up and eating right several weeks before your trip.
Tip 2: Get medical advice
If you have a medical condition that requires monitoring (such as diabetes or heart disease), consult your physician well in advance of your departure to plan a coping strategy that includes medication schedules and doctor's appointments, if necessary, in the destination time zone.
Tip 3: Change your schedule
If your stay in the destination time zone will last more than a few days, begin adjusting your body to the new time zone before you leave. For example, if you are traveling from the U.S. to Europe for a one-month vacation, set your daily routine back an hour or more three to four weeks before departure. Then, set it back another hour the following week and the week after that. Easing into the new schedule gradually in familiar surroundings will save your body the shock of adjusting all at once.
If you are traveling east, try going to sleep earlier and getting up and out into the early morning sun. If traveling west, try to get at least an hour's worth of sunlight as soon as possible after reaching your destination.
Tip 4: Avoid alcohol
Do not drink alcoholic beverages the day before your flight, during your flight, or the day after your flight. These beverages can cause dehydration, disrupt sleeping schedules, and trigger nausea and general discomfort.
Tip 5: Avoid caffeine
Likewise, do not drink caffeinated beverages before, during, or just after the flight. Caffeine can also cause dehydration and disrupt sleeping schedules. What's more, caffeine can rattle your nerves and intensify any travel anxiety you may already be feeling.
Tip 6: Drink water
Drink plenty of water, especially during the flight, to counteract the effects of the dry atmosphere inside the plane. Take your own extra water aboard the airplane if allowed.
Tip 7: Move around on the plane
While seated during your flight, exercise your legs from time to time. Move them up and down and back and forth. Bend your knees. Stand up and sit down. Every hour or two, get up and walk around. Do not take sleeping pills, and do not nap for more than an hour at a time.
These measures have a twofold purpose. First, they reduce your risk of developing a blood clot in the legs. Research shows that long periods of sitting can slow blood movement in and to the legs, thereby increasing the risk of a clot. The seat is partly to blame. It presses against the veins in the leg, restricting blood flow. Inactivity also plays a role. It slows the movement of blood through veins. If a clot forms, it sometimes breaks loose and travels to the lungs (known as pulmonary embolism), lodges in an artery, and inhibits blood flow. The victim may experience pain and breathing problems and cough up blood. If the clot is large, the victim could die. Second, remaining active, even in a small way, revitalizes and refreshes your body, wards off stiffness, and promotes mental alertness which can ease the symptoms of jet lag.
Tip 8: Break up your trip
On long flights traveling across eight, 10, or even 12 time zones, break up your trip, if feasible, with a stay in a city about halfway to your destination. For example, if you are traveling from New York to Bombay, India, schedule a stopover of a few days in Dublin or Paris. (At noon in New York, it is 5 p.m. in Dublin, 6 p.m. in Paris, and 10:30 p.m. in Bombay.)
Tip 9: Wear comfortable shoes and clothes
On a long trip, how you feel is more important than how you look. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Avoid items that pinch, restrict, or chafe. When selecting your trip outfit, keep in mind the climate in your destination time zone. Dress for your destination.
Tip 10: Check your accommodations
Upon arrival, if you are staying at a hotel, check to see that beds and bathroom facilities are satisfactory and that cooling and heating systems are in good working order. If the room is unsuitable, ask for another.
Tip 11: Adapt to the local schedule
The sooner you adapt to the local schedule, the quicker your body will adjust. Therefore, if you arrive at noon local time (but 6 a.m. your time), eat lunch, not breakfast. During the day, expose your body to sunlight by taking walks or sitting in outdoor cafés. The sunlight will cue your hypothalamus to reduce the production of sleep-inducing melatonin during the day, thereby initiating the process of resetting your internal clock.
When traveling with children and babies, try to get them on the local schedule as well. When traveling east (you will lose time), try to keep the child awake until the local bedtime. If traveling west when you will gain time, wake your child up at the local time.
Tip 12: Use sleeping medications wisely -- or not at all
Try to establish sleeping patterns without resorting to pills. However, if you have difficulty sleeping on the first two or three nights, it's OK to take a mild sedative if your physician has prescribed one. But wean yourself off the sedative as soon as possible. Otherwise, it could become habit-forming.
Valerian root is an herb that can be used as treatment for insomnia. Do not take valerian with alcohol. It is important to consult your physician before taking these or any other herbal remedy.
Sleep medications are not recommended for children.
Breus, Michael J. "How Long Does Jet Lag Last?" WebMD.com. Dec. 14, 2010. <http://answers.webmd.com/answers/1195390/How-long-does-jet-lag-last>.
Cirelli, Chiara. "Definition and Consequences of Sleep Deprivation." UpToDate.com. Feb. 12, 2015. <http://www.uptodate.com/contents/definition-and-consequences-of-sleep-deprivation?source=search_result&search=jet+lag+stroke&selectedTitle=1~150>.
Herxheimer, Andrew. "Jet Lag." UpToDate.com. Apr. 16, 2014. <http://www.uptodate.com/contents/jet-lag>.
Herxheimer, A., and K.J. Petrie. "Melatonin for the Prevention and Treatment of Jet Lag." Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. 2 (2002). <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12076414>.
"Melatonin and Sleep." National Sleep Foundation. <http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/sleep-topics/melatonin-and-sleep>.
"Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disorders." WebMD.com. Mar. 3, 2010. <http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/circadian-rhythm-disorders-cause>.
Tuttle, Troy, Asif Ali, David Filsoof, and John Higgins. "High Altitude, Air Travel, and Heart Disease." UpToDate.com. Oct. 22, 2014. <http://www.uptodate.com/contents/high-altitude-air-travel-and-heart-disease?source=search_result&search=jet+lag+heart+attack&selectedTitle=1~150>.
United States. National Institute of General Medical Sciences. "Circadian Rhythms Fact Sheet." July 2008. <http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Education/Factsheet_CircadianRhythms.htm>.


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The big day is almost here. Saturday, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries will tie the knot, making their whirlwind romance official.
There is no doubt Kim will wow in her Vera Wang wedding gown as she walks down the aisle, but she hasn't always had her long locks and voluptuous curves. Here's a photo of Kim during her freshman year at Marymount High School in Los Angeles. This yearbook photo is screaming the '90s, a stretch from the glamorous image the starlet portrays today.
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The word "is" can always be contracted, provided it is not stressed - though this is considered somewhat informal.
So, in informal contexts,
can be shortened to
...it doesn't depend on what word comes before "is". But if the is is emphatic:
then it would be wrong to contract that to
That is probably fairly obvious - if you are stressing a particular word, it doesn't pay to shorten it. But there are also other situations where the is has the emphasis, for instance
cannot be contracted to
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Who's is the correct contraction of who is, in the same way let's is the contraction of let us.
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|Tadashi is in his second year of junior high school and is a member of the handicraft club and loves nothing more than knitting. Unfortunately he's in a secret relationship with Saya, the member of a notorious all-girl gang, who says she will kill him and herself if anyone ever finds out about it.
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A Great Manga with a great resolution. and If you wonder what would of happened if Tadashi hadn't come to his senses at the end refer to chapter 76 and 77.
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Definitely an interesting read but in no way a masterpiece. Personally, I find there's too many standalone chapters scattered across the story especially in the early half of the manga. It gets better when it got to story arcs (e.g. Beach arc/Love Triangle arc) as it provides more consistency that the story is severely lacking. While the story has it's highlight with the introduction of the Justice Kaichou and the best Love Triangle of all time, the standalone chapters feel unmotivated and serve more of a filler for the author to think up of new arcs. The ending could've been better, heck I was expecting at least a group photo of the entire cast (yes, I'm a sucker for these, sue me) to provide a closure for the story and yet it's not delivered.
Long story short, this would be a great read if you don't mind excessive standalone gag chapters and subpar ending. Standalone chapters can only work when you're following a manga chapter by chapter and not marathon it in one go; the lack of coherency grows stale fast.
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A common problem with most manga endings.
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This deserves an anime, i wanna see the president and his hilarious
justice babbling again!!
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Been happening too often recently..
Side note, Does anyone know of the other manga that is like this but the girl always caries around a red bat, I think it might be a 4kama or whatever they are called.


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Hearings on House Bill 597, the latest attempt to repeal Ohio's New Learning Standards (which include the Common Core in math and English language arts), started August 18 and will continue this week. We've already discussed how similar HB 597 is to the Common Core. This should be a major issue for Common Core opponents—who should be mortified to find the fingerprints of Common Core all over their championed bill—but also for everyone else. HB 597 doesn't specifically demand much of Ohio's to be developed standards, but what it does demand is already in the Common Core. That should leave most of us wondering why we're even holding these hearings if what proponents want is already in place. Unfortunately, this isn't the only problem with HB 597. Let's take a look at some others.
The most troublesome aspect of the bill appears right at the beginning of the changes: It could all but end state oversight of public schools. The bill text reads: "no state funds shall be withheld from a school district or school for failure to adopt or use the state academic content standards or the state assessments." Basically this means that even if the proponents...
We know that disadvantaged children tend to enter Kindergarten behind their more advantaged peers in math and reading—and that they rarely catch up. But which socioeconomic factors correlate most with these gaps? And have these factors improved over time? Analysts looked at data compiled by NCES's Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 (ECLS-K:2011), which is currently following a representative sample of 15,000 students through fifth grade. The cohort's Kindergarten readiness (or, actually, lack thereof) was strongly linked to four risk factors: having a single parent, having a mother who didn't graduate high school, living below the federal poverty line, and living in a household where English was not spoken as the first language. (Kindergarten readiness was measured with direct assessments and teacher reports.) Fifty-six percent of children had zero risk factors, 25 percent had one, 13 percent had two, and 6 percent had three or four. The more risk factors a child had, the lower his or her assessment score. What's more, these rates haven't improved over time. An earlier iteration of the ECLS followed the Kindergarten class of 1998–99. Back then, 58 percent of kids had zero risk factors—almost exactly the same as the...
Hearings began this week for House Bill 597 (HB 597), the latest attempt to repeal Ohio's New Learning Standards (which includes the Common Core in math and English language arts). The first of several days of proponent testimony began Monday. Sitting in on the hearings has offered me a chance to develop a better understanding of the opposition to the standards, and if it wasn't clear to me before then it is now: These folks don't want anything that even resembles the Common Core to be used in Ohio schools.
They could be in for a surprise then, because the language of HB 597 borrows, in some significant ways, from the Common Core. During testimony on the August 18 hearing, Rep. Andy Thompson explained that he wanted to avoid the "sleight of hand" he saw in Indiana, which infamously repealed Common Core only to replace it with standards that were remarkably similar. Judge for yourselves if Ohio's lawmakers are proposing to break new ground in HB 597 or simply recycling.
In back-to-back days last week, I had the chance to spend time with different groups of leaders interested in improving state-level reform work.
These conversations were very different than the philosophical fights about the advisability of big reforms like educator effectiveness and Common Core. They were also different than discussions of school- and district-level activities, like Success Academy's test scores or district staffing patterns.
Both sets of conversations are very important, and I regularly take part in both. But I think too little attention is given to a third set of activities, the state-level work sitting between the two.
State governments are the entities ultimately responsible, under state constitutions, for ensuring kids have access to great schools. This means state governments need to handle funding formulas, longitudinal data system, the adoption of standards and assessments, the monitoring of big federal programs, and more.
The two meetings I participated in addressed different aspects of state-level activity. One was about the smart, careful implementation of new standards and assessments. The other was about figuring out the best way to execute all of the state's responsibilities, whether through the traditional SEA or through other...
At the cost of billions of taxpayer dollars, Ohio's school districts employed 132,000 or so individuals who were not classified as teachers or administrators in 2010. Who are these people, what services do they provide, and do their efforts help students achieve? In this new report, my Fordham colleague Matthew Richmond explores the "hidden half" of school personnel in Ohio and across the nation. The study documents a huge increase in non-teaching personnel over the last several decades—an increase that has received almost no attention, despite its sizeable implications on district budgets.
In 2010, non-teachers comprised half of the U.S. public-school workforce—up from 40 percent in 1970, and 30 percent in 1950. Taken together, their salaries and benefits total one quarter of all current K-12 education expenditure. The story in Ohio mirrors national trends: In 1986, Ohio had just 47 non-teaching staff for every 1,000 students. By 2010, that number rose to 75. When the study disaggregated the category of non-teaching personnel (a sort of catch-all classification of non-teachers, including administrators), the largest growth occurred in the teacher-aide category. From 1970 to 2010, this group swelled from 1.7 percent of the U.S. public-school workforce to 11.8 percent, an increase of...
This is a tricky story, but stay with me.
A 10-year-old charter school in the Cincinnati area ended up in court against the Ohio Department of Education back in July in an effort to find a sponsor (after being dropped) and to reopen as usual for the 2014-15 school year. The tussling ended in a court-ordered limbo, but the legal questions remained an active concern.
A July 29 piece in the Cleveland Plain Dealer summarized the story to that point and quoted Fordham's Vice President for Sponsorship and Dayton Initiatives Kathryn Mullen Upton laying out the legal issues under consideration: "(1) The accountability system and an authorizer's judgment about the quality of a school are meaningless; (2) if you're a school that is non-renewed by any authorizer, not just ODE, you can simply go to court and up your chances of finding a new sponsor; and (3) despite recent actions to try to improve school and authorizer quality, ODE in reality has scant enforcement ability/authority… In a nutshell, it's a huge step backward for Ohio."
The limbo dragged on with no resolution but on August 12 the school announced it would not reopen due to financial distress....
As a huge fan of both school choice and the NFL, I love the idea of a major star leading a great school and becoming a voice for school reform. Successful athletes who take time to give back, work with young athletes, and ensure kids get a great education should be commended, right?
But a recent New York Times article digging into Deion Sanders' two schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area should be enough to make any education-reform advocate's skin crawl. Both his elementary school and high school were among the 9 percent of all Texas schools to receive the lowest rating from the state: "improvement required." But according to the Times, the problems go much deeper, and many of them have to do with Deion himself.
For one thing, local and national coverage has described an obsessive focus on athletics, resulting Prime Prep securing top talent. There's nothing wrong with that by itself, as—for better or worse—schools everywhere have long been accused of going out of their way to recruit top athletes. Yet when Prime Prep was accused of violating state athletic association rules, the Times reports, "Prime Prep founders announced that they would pull out of the University Interscholastic League. That did...
My Fordham colleague Andy Smarick is engaged in a one-man intellectual odyssey this summer aimed at quelling his intellectual discomfort on a fascinating question: is education reform inherently anti-conservative?
"At its heart, conservatism is about humility. It holds that there is great value in the traditional. Old things have stood the test of time," Andy writes. So how can you call yourself a conservative, as Andy does, if you are "disposed to preserve venerable institutions and yet favor dramatic K–12 change?"
Andy's posts are a work in progress, but allow me to enter the fray in medias res because I find the frame and his intellectual exercise absorbing. I'll confess that disrupting the "institution" of public education has never given me much pause. I'm not sentimental about "public schools" and haven't been since I started teaching in one. "The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty," Madison said. He had nothing to say about the issues ed reformers (and those who resist reform) tend to focus on: under whose control, beneath which roof, on whose dime, and with what forms of accountability?
The public's interest lies in a well-educated citizenry. The wish to share with...
Andy's odyssey: Part three
This series' first two posts mostly noodled around with concepts, probably leaving dirty-fingernail types sighing, "What does any of this have to do with our actual work?"
In subsequent posts, I'll narrow in on applications, but it probably makes sense to spend a little time on this now. Here, I'll try to explain why a conversation about the intersection of conservatism and ed reform is timely and, hopefully, whet your appetite for further discussions.
It's probable that Republicans will shortly wield more power. The 2014 midterms are nearing, and President Obama's approval rating is but 42 percent.
Even if that number were higher, Democratic prospects would still be gloomy. The second midterm for the sitting president's party almost always produces big losses (see FDR, Ike, GWB, etc.). The GOP already controls the House of Representatives, and it is expected to take the Senate and maintain control of a strong majority of governorships. While it's too early to forecast the 2016 presidential election, history teaches that seldom does a party hold the Oval Office for three consecutive terms.
So how would an ascendant Right, cognizant of the...
Mike talks with Andy Smarick about Governor Jindal's legal war on PARCC, Wisconsin's high-court take on union bargaining, and D.C. charter funding's time in federal court. Amber doubles down on double dosing.
Spending More of the School Day in Math Class: Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity in Middle School by Eric Taylor, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University, June 2014).
Mike Petrilli: Hello. This is your host Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Here at the Education Gadfly Show and online at edexcellence.net. And now please join me in welcoming my cohost, the Russian hacker of education policy, Andy Smarick.
Andy Smarick: 1.2 million emails, passwords and going strong. How are you?
Mike Petrilli: Wow! And this is a Russian crime ring that has stolen all these emails and passwords. 1.2 billion. Of course my response is, "Surely, it wasn't mine. Surely mine … What are the odds that mine was one of those?"
Andy Smarick: My wife and I have been the victim of two different mass hackings; one where we went to school and one where I used to have my payroll. Now when it happens to me, I'm like stand in line. I've been hacked so many times.
Mike Petrilli: I did get hacked once with the one where they guy sends the email to all of your friends that I am on a trip in Croatia …
Andy Smarick: You fell for that?
Mike Petrilli: No, no. My email got hacked.
Andy Smarick: Oh, wow.
Mike Petrilli: What was interesting was to see which of my friends and family fell for it. To some degree it was like, well, they're looking out for me. I know who's interested in my safety, my wellbeing. On the other hand, I also know who needs to get a little bit hip to the internet.
Andy Smarick: That's right. But you also know who deserves to be in your will. They care about you.
Mike Petrilli: Nice. Okay, Andy. Lots to talk about today. This is kind of a big deal, my first …
Andy Smarick: I was about to say congratulations.
Mike Petrilli: Thank you.
Andy Smarick: Just as I was walking into the building, I saw poor Checker Finn, out on the curb with all of his stuff out there. Mike ascends and then boots him out.
Mike Petrilli: His weird false idols, Divishnu, and other things that are in his office. We did move Checker out of his office to a smaller office. It looks like an antiquities museum. The stuff kind of freaks us all out a little bit.
Andy Smarick: Checker has amassed a lot of interesting things over 50 years in the business.
Mike Petrilli: He has. No, no, no. He did step down as President. He is still on staff, will still be going strong. Probably cause more trouble than ever, because he doesn't have to deal with the day-to-day stuff of raising money.
Andy Smarick: Less staff meetings, that right.
Mike Petrilli: But it is an honor to become President …
Andy Smarick: Congratulations.
Mike Petrilli: … of the Fordham Institute. Thank you. Of course, I have been the president of this podcast for eight or nine years.
Andy Smarick: Has it been that long that it's been going on?
Mike Petrilli: Yes.
Andy Smarick: Wow.
Mike Petrilli: And you've been listening all that time.
Andy Smarick: Well, I've been on for quite some time. I didn't realize it was that long.
Mike Petrilli: Absolutely. Okay, guys. Let's get going.
Andy Smarick: Let's roll.
Mike Petrilli: Let's play, Pamela. It's a special, everyone's lawyering up edition, of the Education Gadfly. Let's play Pardon the Gadfly.
Pamela Tatz: Last week, the Louisiana Board of Education voted to join a lawsuit against Governor Jindal challenging his executive order last month that barred the state from administering the Common Core-aligned PARCC test. Who has the authority to decide whether the state will ditch PARCC and the Common Core?
Mike Petrilli: Andy, what the bleep is going on down there in Louisiana?
Andy Smarick: It is a cluster. I have never seen anything like this before. It's one thing to file lawsuits, but there are these ethics charges against people, there are audits going on, people worried about their reputations. It's gone from bad to ugly to gory.
Mike Petrilli: I understand Bobby Jindal wants to President or Vice-President at least, and he's decided he's going to be the Tea Party candidate because his policy wong shtick wasn't working, okay. I think that's horrible and bad for the kids of Louisiana. Of course I'm a supporter of Common Core. I sort of get all of that. He can stand up. He can oppose the Common Core. What he may not have expected was that his own Board of Education pushed back, and his own Board of Regents pushed back, the Republicans in the legislature pushed back.
Andy Smarick: His hand-chosen State Chief, John White.
Mike Petrilli: Yes, pushed back. David Vitter, running to replace him, has pushed back. I would think that, hey, Bobby, you've done enough. You have shown the Tea Party you're with them, so say, hey, I gave it my all. But instead, he's going to go after poor John White with ethics charges. He's going to file lawsuits. This is madness. Stop the madness.
Andy Smarick: I agree. I consider myself a friend of John White, so I'm biased in this too. There's this wonderful Jonathan Swift line. It's something along the lines of you know true genius enters the world when the dunces are in the confederacy against him. I think that Jindal was betting on the idea that he can say, when he's running for office, that all these other people who are aligned against me, this is just proof that they all have it wrong, that I'm willing to be on and on with it.
Mike Petrilli: Yeah, except that he appointed many of them, and he helped elect many of them …
Andy Smarick: Well, there's that small …
Mike Petrilli: … and he's worked with many of them on other parts of his agenda. I don't know. It's hard to watch. Look, long-time listeners of the show, you should know that one key figure in all of this is Stafford Palmieri, who was on the show, …
Andy Smarick: Former Fordham.
Mike Petrilli: … former Fordham, and is now Jindal's Policy Director. I have not had a chance to talk to her recently. I would love to find out what the heck is going on. I would just say, look, you've made your point. Enough is enough. We're now, what, nine months away from when they're supposed to give the PARCC test?
Andy Smarick: That's right.
Mike Petrilli: I don't know what they're going to do if they don't give that PARCC test instead. Give the test! Give it up!
Andy Smarick: I don't know. I think this issue is a poker sweepstake. He's pot committed. He's put all of his chips in on this hand, and I don't think that you can retreat with dignity here. This may go on.
Mike Petrilli: Maybe he can lose in court with some dignity. Okay, topic number two in our special edition on everyone's lawyering up.
Andy Smarick: Sponsored by the American Trial Lawyers Association.
Mike Petrilli: Yes, thank you.
Pamela Tatz: Wisconsin's high court just affirmed the constitutionality of Act 10, the controversial law passed back in 2011 that, among other things, restricted collective bargaining rights of states' teachers unions. Will it spread to other states? Is this good for ed reform?
Andy Smarick: Had you asked me three months ago or six months ago, I would have said, "No, this is an outlier. It will stay in Wisconsin. It will go no farther." But what is happening currently with the teachers union and Vergara and how they are digging their heals in and becoming more and more stubborn on these issues, I'm wondering if there's going to be an increasing backlash to unions and they are unwittingly actually giving the fuel to the fire of these kinds of pieces of legislation and then lawsuits.
Mike Petrilli: Yeah. It's a really good point. Look, it's already spread. Michigan passed a law that was somewhat similar. Indiana did it, I think mostly through executive order, at least diminishing the authority of unions, teacher unions, to bargain. All these issues, there's a whole bundle of them. It's what can you collectively bargain over? There's the tenure issue. There's the LIFO issue. Those are different issues, but they're kind of this bundle, as you say, Andy. Look, if this turns out to be a wave election for Republicans, like many people think it will be, you could see even more Republican supermajorities in state legislatures, and a lot of those states would be more than happy to take it to the teachers unions.
Andy Smarick: We're seeing a perfect storm, potentially, here for the history buffs out there. Midterm elections for the President's party are always bad. The second midterm election of a sitting President's party are particularly bad, going all the way back to the …
Mike Petrilli: Well, though '98 was an exception, perhaps because of impeachment.
Andy Smarick: That's right, because of impeachment. But in every other one, it usually is a bloodbath. When you combine that with the fact that the teachers unions, by digging in, are giving a lot of the base a reason to lash out at organized labor. Unless the unions have decided to do a course correction, they may be on the wrong side of this.
Mike Petrilli: Okay. Topic number three in our special lawyering up edition.
Pamela Tatz: The D.C. Association of Chartered Public Schools has filed a Federal lawsuit against the District of Columbia, alleging that the government has underfunded the Charters to the tune of almost a billion dollars, in violation of D.C. law. Do these Charters deserve equal funding? Does it matter that the DCPS spends an exorbitant amount of money?
Andy Smarick: I love that question. Are you going to argue against fair funding?
Mike Petrilli: I really struggle with this, Andy. I'll be honest. If you had to pick, of all of the places in the country where we should have a fight over Charter funding, I'm not sure I'd start with D.C.
Andy Smarick: Right, I hear you.
Mike Petrilli: Look, it is true, that compared to DCPS they get shafted. There is a local ordinance that says they're supposed to get share funding. Looking at it, they've got a case. But they get so much more money than Charter schools anywhere else.
Andy Smarick: Probably three times as much maybe in some places in California.
Mike Petrilli: Yeah, yeah. They get preschool funding. They get facilities funding, which I'm in favor of, but it gets you back to this old question again about equity versus adequacy.
Andy Smarick: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Mike Petrilli: Right? You can make the same … Look, we know, we have a system that has these vast inequities in education funding across districts, between districts and Charters, and frankly, Andy, it's not fixable. Right? There will always be inequities, I believe, because of our system of taxation, because of local control, for all these reasons. Then you start to say, well, if rich people are always going to be able to spend a bazillion dollars on their own schools, and there's really no way to stop that, then you get to this point where you say, what we really got to focus on is making sure that there's no school that is funded at such a low level they can't provide good services to their kids.
Andy Smarick: I think the politics of this may turn out to be the most interesting thing. It is one thing for a court to hear a case when the Charter sector is, say, 2%, 5% of a market share. Then the court can kind of say, well, yeah, you're getting underfunded, but it's really not that many kids. We really need to protect the district and make sure that all the equities there are taken care of.
Now that the Charter sector in D.C. is serving almost a majority of students, it's not like the court is … We cannot assume that they are going to defer and always do what the district wants anymore. The Charter sector can come in and say increasingly we are serving a higher number of kids. We are growing, the district is getting smaller. We need to get ahead of this thing, make sure we have the resources we need.
Mike Petrilli: Although I don't even know, Andy, that that stuff would come up in a lawsuit, per se. The court's going to look at the law. I guess there are some constitutional issues that the plaintiffs have raised, but mostly it just says, look, there's this law that D.C., I think the D.C. Council, I assume, has passed that says that Charter schools are supposed to get equal funding. Are they living up to that law or not? You don't even have to address the constitutional questions. It's not really up to the court to figure out all the other ramifications, or the politics or anything like that. You just say, look, are you living up to that law or not?
Hey, by the way, let's get those laws passed in other states, too. That'd be awesome if we had a law in Ohio that said, hey, Charter schools have to get equal funding compared to district schools and you guys figure out how to make it happen. That would be very interesting.
Andy Smarick: It would be. This gets complicated because the formula is one thing, but then part of the argument is that DCPS is getting in-kind services from other agencies in the city, so you could make the argument that the funding formula is being fairly administered. It's all these extra add-ons that turn out to be inequitable.
Mike Petrilli: I see, I see, I see. All right.
Andy Smarick: We shall se.
Mike Petrilli: Okay, that's all the time we've got for Pardon the Gadfly. Now it's time for everyone's favorite Amber's Research Minute. Amber, welcome back to the show.
Amber Northern: Thank you, Mike.
Mike Petrilli: Back from a week off at the beach.
Amber Northern: Man! It rained three solid days, though. Three solid days. I'm not very tanned.
Andy Smarick: You look relaxed, though.
Amber Northern: I'm relaxed. I mean, how many movies, how many shops can you go to when it rains?
Mike Petrilli: Well, okay. Look, I know it's tough, but imagine if you had two small children along with you and it rained.
Amber Northern: Yes, that's right.
Mike Petrilli: Then you'd be pulling your hair out.
Amber Northern: Quick plug for a movie. We saw Get On Up. You heard about this movie?
Mike Petrilli: Get On Up.
Amber Northern: Get On Up.
Andy Smarick: Never heard of it.
Amber Northern: You got to go see it.
Mike Petrilli: James Brown?
Amber Northern: James Brown life story.
Andy Smarick: Get On Up.
Mike Petrilli: Who plays in it?
Amber Northern: It was awesome.
Andy Smarick: I do.
Amber Northern: Some guy you've never heard of, but who was phenomenal.
Mike Petrilli: Really?
Amber Northern: Yeah. Got to see it.
Andy Smarick: But I could play him.
Mike Petrilli: Your dance moves.
Andy Smarick: He was an inspiration.
Amber Northern: You know, there's like two lines in that. Get on up. I'm a sex machine. That's it.
Mike Petrilli: That's right.
Andy Smarick: That's the whole song.
Amber Northern: He just repeats it over and over. The whole movie theater's like doing the little jive.
Andy Smarick: That's awesome.
Amber Northern: We're digging it. It was a great song.
Mike Petrilli: See? See, and if it had not rained, you would have missed that.
Amber Northern: I know. There were some highlights.
Mike Petrilli: Look on the bright side, Amber. Okay, what you got for us this week?
Amber Northern: We got a new study out by Eric Taylor out of Stanford. It examines whether a double dose of math for low performers … meaning you take one remedial class, you take one grade level math class … improves math achievement. He looks at student data from '03-'04 through 2013 in Miami Dade County Public Schools. He tracks the outcomes of middle school students who score just below and just above a predetermined cutoff score on the previous spring state assessment.
Mike Petrilli: Does this mean a discontinuity analysis?
Amber Northern: [inaudible 00:12:32] discontinuity, Michael Petrilli. Woohoo! He got it.
Andy Smarick: Impressive, Mike Petrilli.
Amber Northern: All right. So the kids just below are, obviously, taking the double dose; just above, you're just taking the regular course. He found that students taking the double dose made significantly higher gains on math assessments compared to those students who were just above the cutoff score and didn't double dose.
Yet over time, the gains diminished. One year after returning to a single math schedule, just a third to a half of the gain remained. Two years later, the gain was about one-fifth to one-third of the original. Once students finished high school, there was little evidence of achievement differences between the groups. This was kind of an interesting little thing he looked into. Treated students were no more likely to have completed Algebra I by the end of ninth grade or to have completed Algebra II by the end of high school.
Then he starts talking about fadeout and it's similar to other intervention. Fadeout's like reducing class size. He's got this nice discussion section about what other courses they weren't exposed to like Art. I think some of the kids, he looked at it and there fewer kids taking foreign language, obviously, because there was this crowd out.
It was an interesting study. Then you've got another few studies that show the opposite, that actually show a double dose in Algebra and it did actually show kids enrolling in college enrollment at higher rates and completing. I just feel like this is not the last word on double dosing. But it showed a fadeout.
Mike Petrilli: It showed a fadeout. Let me ask the obvious question. They said, okay, you get a big jump if you do double dosing, but then once you stop double dosing, you get a fadeout. Why not keep double dosing?
Amber Northern: Yeah, that's right. I do believe he looked at a double dose again, but because of the kids, and don't quote me on this, but I think he lost some of the sample as he kept tracking and wasn't able to say definitely …
Mike Petrilli: Schools don't tend to do that. They do this one year, and then that's it? That's the idea?
Amber Northern: That's right.
Mike Petrilli: Interesting.
Andy Smarick: Interesting. The opportunity cost question is an interesting one. What do they lose by getting this additional, secondary dose of math, whether it is foreign language stuff? What are the costs of that compared to the benefits?
Mike Petrilli: We've published some work by Nate Levenson that says in the special education world, double dosing is something that looks highly effective. If you've got a student who basically has some kind of learning disability, that rather than do team teaching or have a lot of expensive aides, that they might just need more time with the reading or more time with math, and that can be quite effective.
Amber Northern: The research on extended day is pretty compelling, right?
Mike Petrilli: Yeah. And I'm sure, look, it matters what do you with that time? Are the classes good? Are the teachers good? What's happening during that time?
Andy Smarick: And this was only in math, right?
Amber Northern: Only in math.
Andy Smarick: The interesting question, because all the research I know of says that reading games are so much harder to get because it's just cumulative knowledge, you have to get so many hours. I wonder if there's less of a fadeout effect when you do double dosing of reading because it just builds up your hours, your words, and so forth.
Mike Petrilli: That's a good question. Of course, look, I bet everything fades out, right?
Amber Northern: Yeah.
Andy Smarick: Sure.
Mike Petrilli: There's probably not a single reform that doesn't fade out to some degree. That's something we have to accept.
Amber Northern: It's not harming the kids, right?
Mike Petrilli: Unless, the tradeoff, unless they're missing something. But you know, if they're missing underwater basket weaving, it's probably not a huge problem.
Amber Northern: Right.
Mike Petrilli: Which I, by the way, got an A-plus in.
Andy Smarick: Impressive again.
Mike Petrilli: Thank you. All right, thank you, Amber. That is all the time we've got for this week's show. Until next week …
Andy Smarick: I am Andy Smarick.
Mike Petrilli: And I'm Mike Petrilli, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, signing off.
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