7 for '11
Want to know what 2011 will bring to the field of education reform? I'm no fortune teller, but I'm happy to offer these educated guesses.
Want to know what 2011 will bring to the field of education reform? I'm no fortune teller, but I'm happy to offer these educated guesses.
In an editorial this morning on Andrew Cuomo's tax-cap proposal (see background from Peter Meyer here and
Think your classroom is safe? Perhaps not, according to the EPA. And if you're not a fan of NCLB, here are the parts that should be ?left behind?.
?It's not a lack of new initiatives, it's too many initiatives, and no sense of what's working.'' -Robert Manwaring, Senior Policy Analyst, Education Sector, on school reform efforts
Review: The 2010 Broad Prize: Thirty Large Urban School Districts Show Better Relative Academic Performance Than Their States for African-American, Hispanic, or Low-Income Students
This is the kind of story that makes you appreciate the serendipity of the morning newspaper: The education sector, and especially the School Construction Authority, has become big business in the world of New York City real estate.
Fordham's new report, Are Bad Schools Immortal?, shows the folly of school turnaround efforts ??? only 1.4 percent of district schools and less than 1 percent of charters that have undergone turnaround efforts have done so successfully.