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Gadfly, gadfly

Stafford Palmieri
5.20.2010

Don't miss an all new Gadfly:

Overview

From Mike's and Janie's Desks

  • Don't punish schools for teaching white students too well, Michael J. Petrilli and Janie Scull

    • The reauth of ESEA should be careful about defining proficiency gaps

Recommended Readings

  • Now that's expensive!

    • What does it take to get union compromise? Central Falls says ?too much!?

  • Skip college, go votech?

    • Are we forcing too many students to go to college?

  • Ballyhoo at Bighorn

    • RTT may force the unions' last stand, but it's far from perfect

  • Scientific reasoning

    • Whilst focusing on STEM, let's not forget the humanities

The Education Gadfly Show Podcast

  • Bridging new differences

    • Andy and Mike discuss: Central Falls, going to college (or not), and RTT round 2 dollars; Amber and Janie talk teacher quality

Short Reviews

  • The Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment Reading 2009; National Center for Education Statistics; May 2010

    • Miracle in L.A.? Atlanta and The City of Angels see the biggest gains since 2002

  • Match Quality, Worker Productivity, and Worker Mobility: Direct Evidence from Teachers; C. Kirabo Jackson; National Bureau of Economic Research; May 2010

    • Would a highly-effective teacher in school X be just as effective in school Y?

  • Why Boys Fail; Richard Whitmire; AMACOM Publishing; 2010

    • Add a third achievement gap to your list: the one between the sexes

  • Central Office Transformation for District-wide Teaching and Learning Improvement; Meredith Honig, Michael Copland, Lydia Rainey, Juli Anna Lorton, Morena Newton; Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, University of Washington; April 2010

    • Central office overhauls are a new trend; this UW report says it's all about relationships

Announcements

  • How charters serve SPED

    • CRPE presents its new book on charter schools and special education students

  • Become a Hessian

    • AEI's Rick Hess is looking for a new Research Assistant

Errata

  • It's all Chinese to us

    • A correction to last week's editorial ?Chinese alarm bells?

?Stafford Palmieri

Tags: American Enterprise Institute Atlanta Central Falls Kirabo Jackson National Bureau of Economic Research National Center for Education Statistics Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
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