Green Dot in DC
Green Dot may be coming to DC to take over a failing high school or two. The full article is worth reading, but, in my opinion, this blurb just about perfectly summarizes the optimism-sans-evidence of the turnaround crowd.
Green Dot may be coming to DC to take over a failing high school or two. The full article is worth reading, but, in my opinion, this blurb just about perfectly summarizes the optimism-sans-evidence of the turnaround crowd.
I just got finished reading Education Sector's very interesting report on teachers' opinion about their unions. I found it enlightening and distressing in turns.
Secretary Duncan delivered the last of his four policy speeches today at the annual conference of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union. Overall, it was a good talk.
Education Next has just released an interesting and tantalizing debate on school funds. In the wake of Flores, issues of funding equity have again risen to the fore.