- For anyone who missed the Foundation for Excellence in Education’s Education in Action summit last week (a.k.a. “Jebfest”), videos of some key speeches are now available online. We particularly recommend New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s to you.
- In the recent edition of Modern Age, Lucien Ellington provides a hard look at the education-school establishment, detailing its history and the biographies of the minds that have shaped its ideas.
- It’s official. The Gates-led district-charter collaboration initiative is off and running in cities like Baltimore, Denver, New Orleans, and Nashville. If only Dayton, Columbus, or another Ohio city were on their list.
- Rubber rooms are bouncing back into action in NYC—they’re just called something different: “work.”
- In the Big Easy, the Recovery School District is proposing to hand off governance of schools that have proven themselves effective. The kicker is that these schools get to choose their next oversight body—whether it be their old district, a charter authorizer, or RSD itself. To which we say: Beware the perverse incentives of a “market” in charter authorizing.
- Beginning teachers who need to develop their classroom skills quickly at one Chicago school have got a bug in their ear—literally. New teachers at the Bradwell School of Excellence have receivers in their ears through which observing veteran teachers provide real-time guidance on lesson delivery and classroom management. NFL, meet teacher training.
