Quotable and notable
?We used Katrina as an opportunity to build?not rebuild, but build?a new school system.'' ?Paul Vallas, Superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans
?We used Katrina as an opportunity to build?not rebuild, but build?a new school system.'' ?Paul Vallas, Superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans
In this Sunday's Washington Post Magazine, Education Secretary Arne Duncan stars in the ?First Person Singular? column. ?Liam Julian
I've gotten a lot of push-back for calling the Race to the Top results ?disastrous? for the Administration, and for arguing that Secretary Duncan should have overruled his peer reviewers and awarded grants to Louisiana and Colorado.
Since Liam has taken the fight overseas (here), I'll add to the flat world discussion by mentioning another international story in today's
The AP is reporting that Los Angeles Unified's lame-duck superintendent, Ramon Cortines, who says he's retiring next year, supports a teacher evaluation system that counts student test scores for 30 percent of the grade. ?Peter Meyer
?We know that the hard work is ahead of us.'' ?Merryl Tisch, chancellor of New York's Board of Regents
Fordham's Research Director Amber Winkler made a guest appearance on Fox & Friends this morning. The topic was whether teachers should receive cultural awareness training, to make them more sensitive to their students' backgrounds. Check out the segment here. And if you missed it, Amber should be back on the show Sunday, discussing the same topic!
The education news websites and blogs are crackling. Race to the Top! The winners! The losers! The behind-the-scenes intrigue! But outside the borders of education nation, few people know, and even fewer care, about Race to the Top. Hard to blame them.
A woefully low percentage of high school seniors are primed to succeed
African-American boys still face an uphill academic battle
New Fordham study shows which
The value-added debate in LA?may seem a little tame after reading the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune's problems.
So, my tiny school district (1,950 students, $43 million budget) just got word that we will be getting over $580,000 from the Education Jobs Fund (Ed Jobs) program (otherwise known as Public Law No. 111-226), passed just a couple weeks ago.?
On sober, morning-after reflection, let me say this about Race to the Top. Arne Duncan deserves at least a B for initiating and persevering with it.
?I have to scratch my head and wonder why. But at the end of the day, that is the process, and we'll live with it.'' ? Paul Pastorek, Louisiana's superintendent of education
Is there more to school reform than student achievement? Baltimore schools CEO Andres Alonso would say no.
The next time Tom Friedman or one of his flat-world henchmen buttonhole you and tell you how America is just about to become India's doormat, in part because India produces so many math-and-science-genius engineers, tell him about the article in today's New York Times th
I'm just back from lunching at Washington, D.C.'s Kelly Miller Middle School, one of seven schools selected this year by the district to be in a pilot program that will feed students meals prepared by DC Central
Don’t miss another vigorous, frank, and eye-opening discussion of Fordham’s own experience authorizing charter schools in Ohio—and how that compares to authorizing elsewhere. Join us Thursday, August 26 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in Fordham’s DC office (1016 16th St.
Schott Foundation for Public Education2010While its title sounds hopeful, this report’s findings are not very auspicious. The Schott Foundation for Public Education takes an in-depth look at the education of Black males across the US (and state-by-state), analyzing several areas related to performance, such as graduation rates and reading proficiency.
Back-to-school season is in full swing.?? Of the seven schools that Fordham authorizes, five have already opened their doors and by the middle of this week nearly all Ohio school kids will be back in classes. But it won't be till this Friday morning that the Ohio Department of Education will release annual report cards for both district and school performance.