I took a hiatus from doing these "read your Gadfly" posts...but this edition is just so juicy, so??tantalizing, that I would simply be a terrible person to deny you the pleasure of reading it. We termed it the "Breaking News Issue," because the edition was just so timely you might wonder how we even got it out with all that recent material. (Sorry, we don't explain our trade secrets.) A few highlights:
--Checker doesn't think 2010 is all holding-hands-and-singing-Kumbaya when it comes to NCLB
--I want to know how advances in teacher evaluations will affect school budgets
--Randi's speech: the good, the usual, the not-so-good
--NAPCS has released a very welcome new appraisal of charter school laws in the 40 states that have them. The most important weighted indicator? Quality control. Huzzah!
--CREDO takes a look at NYC and comes away??optimistic.
--Quality Counts turns 13.
...And so much more. Also, don't forget, we have two great events coming up at Fordham:
Jan 20, an evening with Jason Kamras, co-hosted with Young Education Professionals
Jan 28, can failing schools really be turned around? Come hear opposing views from Andy Smarick and Bryan Hassel
--Stafford Palmieri
