Levers for Change: Pathways for State-to-District Assistance in Underperforming School Districts
A blueprint for how states can break the cycle of ineffective district intervention
A blueprint for how states can break the cycle of ineffective district intervention
Intensive high school reading programs work--temporarily
Districts are iffy on the what and how of turnaround initiatives
Rhee may move away, but charters are here to stay
DE ousts one of America's great edu-reformers
It's understandable that education reformers will go out of their way to argue that Michelle Rhee's reforms weren't determinative in Adrian Fenty's mayoral re-election bid.
I knew as soon as we had finished saying the Pledge that it could be an interesting school Board meeting: there were only four members present, which (because we were a 7-member board) meant that we had to have unanimous consent to pass any resolution, including, as we would soon learn, convening a meeting.
There will be a lot of post-mortem's on Adrian Fenty's dramatic fall from grace in D.C.? This is a good one from the Post, which concludes that the mayor ?misread an electorate he was sure he knew better than anyone, ?
Now that Fenty's been ousted, the big question is Michelle Rhee: will she go?
?What we don't need is more scapegoating of public service workers and their benefits.'' -Matt O'Connor, Spokesman for the Connecticut State Employees Association
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Al Sharpton. New show. On TV. Sunday mornings. Talking education. Seriously. ?Liam Julian
Last year, for the first time, ?more women than men in the United States received doctoral degrees,? writes Daniel de Vise in the Washington Post. ?Women now hold a nearly 3-to-2 majority in undergraduate and graduate education,?
Vincent Gray, candidate for mayor of Washington, D.C., was asked by CNN's John King if he, Gray, were he to be elected, would retain Michelle Rhee as the city's schools chancellor. ?Well, we'll see,? said Gray.
Besides almost certainly forfeiting a Senate seat that the GOP could have?taken in November, Delaware's Republican primary voters yesterday made a colossal mistake when it comes to education policy. Mike Castle is, and for two decades has been, one of American education's wisest, sagest and bravest reformers.