You won't want to miss this week's edition of the Gadfly. On deck? Checker's take on ED's assessment competition, turnaround shenanigans in Iowa (HT to Eduwonk, btw), and a fascinating study that finds that great teachers typically make more money than so-so ones when they leave the classroom! The full shebang is below.
This week on The Education Gadfly Show Podcast: Linda Darling-Hammond gets her own theme song
Overview
- Avoid fruit salad,?Chester E. Finn, Jr.
- As we gear up for Race to the Test, we should hope there is more than one group entering the competition
- Earning its name at last
- Alternative certification in New York State is finally ?alternative?
- Musical chairs
- Some low-performing Iowan districts are playing fast and loose with the ?turnaround? rules
- Teacher re-recall
- California hopes to solve its budget-crunch teacher layoffs and special education teacher shortage in one fell swoop
- Act your age, not your shoe size
- This teacher doesn't want an apple; he wants your whole lunch
The Education Gadfly Show Podcast
- Linda Darling-Hammond gets her own theme song
- What if every time we talked about the famed LDH, she got her own entrance music? Mike, Andy, and the whole gang are on deck, too. (Leave your music suggestions in the comment section below!)
- Do more effective teachers earn more outside of the classroom?; Matthew Chingos and Martin West; Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University; March 2010
- Chingos and West say, ?yes!?
- Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go?; Marguerite Roza, Center on Reinventing Public Education; Urban Institute Press; 2010
- Don't miss this primer on the troubling, twisted world of ed finance
- An Analysis of Academic Performance of Students Affected by Hurricane Katrina; Student Assessment Division, Department of Assessment, Accountability, and Data Quality; Texas Education Agency; March/April 2010
- A post-Katrina stint in Texas schools actually helped displaced students' achievement
- Education Unbound: The Promise and Practice of Greenfield Schooling; Frederick M. Hess; ASCD; 2010
- No more silver bullets; Hess says greenfield schooling is the long-term solution
- Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at el Instituto Fordham
- You won't want to miss this May 5 event with Paul Hill and Paul Peterson
- Calder will show you the money
- Charter and parochial school organizations take note
