A suggestion for Michelle Rhee: Leave hyperbole behind
Brand-new test score results for the District of Columbia Public Schools show big gains. The Post reports:
Brand-new test score results for the District of Columbia Public Schools show big gains. The Post reports:
When we decided to give the Obama Administration Reform-o-Meter an extended vacation, we never thought it would leave a hole that would be filled by the AFT!
Secretary Duncan speaks to AFT conference; continues "with you, not to you" pitch, calls the labeling of failing schools "demoralizing" for faculty.
Editor's Note: This week we launch the first in a biweekly series highlighting education reformers. Every two weeks we'll pose the same questions to people working to bring about meaningful education reform--most of them from outside the Beltway.
As Andy reported last Friday, the DC Council has sent a letter to Secretary Duncan urging him to reconsider the fate of the DC Opportunity Scholarship program.
Checker's book, Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut, is reviewed in this Washington Times piece.