Randi's partially right again
Coby LoupSeveral New York City high school principals are receiving performance bonuses under the terms of an old program even though their schools fared poorly under the district's new grading system.
Unwelcome news
Coby LoupSadly, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program seems to be on its last legs. Non-voting D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has lobbied hard to kill the program, said, "We have to protect the children, who are the truly innocent victims here."
Priorities
Eric OsbergAs the D.C. voucher program comes under attack, where is Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, whose initial support for the program was instrumental in its birth?
Face-off
Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews and Checker Finn debate: "Is AP Good for Everyone?"
New Jersey's alternate route to teaching: Thoroughly unremarkable
Michael J. PetrilliThe New York Times had a nice piece Saturday on the Garden State's alternative certification program, the first and largest
New Jersey's alternate route to teaching: Thoroughly unremarkable
Michael J. PetrilliThe New York Times had a nice piece Saturday on the Garden State's alternative certification program, the first and largest
Eleanor Holmes Norton eager to sacrifice D.C.'s poor kids
It's unclear exactly what Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents Washington, D.C., in Congress, so dislikes about the Opportunity Scholarship Program that provides some 2,000 low-income students in the District an opportunity to receive their educations from private providers.
It's not just OSP
Sounds like D.C.'s charter schools are taking fire, too. If you can't beat ???em, sabotage ???em.
Lessons for the next education secretary
Michael J. PetrilliIt must be kiss-and-tell season, what with Scott McClellan's recent riposte to the Bush White House , and now with former education department official's Susan Neuman's revisionist history as reported by Time :
Would you like some hope with your hope?
Oh, brother. "Students [would] have a chance to recover," Martin said. "Getting a bad grade or having a bad day does not mean you are a failure. This is about hope."
Unscientifically-based reading research for animal lovers
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.With all the talk about Reading First and scientifically-based reading research of late, this unusual reading strategy caught my eye. It claims reading to fido has its advantages:
You down with OSP?
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.As you can see, we're not exactly doing cartwheels over here upon hearing what Eleanor Holmes Norton had to say about the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.