It's here and it's hot. Leading off this week is Ascend Learning President and Ed Sector Senior Fellow??Steven Wilson. What's he musing over? The scalability of superstar charter organizations. Sure, there aren't enough super smart graduates from top ranking universities to go around but there are other options: legislation that nudges top grads into classrooms, new models made for mere mortals, and more... Up next we tackle the election (of course). Republican or Democrat, you'll find reasons to cheer and fear in this list expectations for the next four (or eight?) years. According to Kevin Carey, who guest co-hosted the podcast this week, one thing we do know (and should cheer) is that Obama is definitely a "self-identified smart person"--and so is Kevin, or so he claims! (You'll have to listen to find out.) Later on, you'll be confronted with more insanity from Wake County, NC and the football crazed antics of a few counties in Georgia. But don't stop! We have an SR for everybody. Stats lovers will find first-year results of the Mathematica teacher induction study. Philanthropists learn about new ways to give with the Philanthropy Roundtable's latest guidebook. And charter school organizers learn more from the new federal DOE report on charters. Whew, still reading? An autographed copy of Troublemaker awaits you if you can name the next education secretary and "A Byte at the Apple" is only days away. What are you waiting for? Let the reading begin!
