Quotable & notable
?Geography is not just about maps.''' * ?David P. Driscoll,? Chairman, National Assessment Governing Board
?Geography is not just about maps.''' * ?David P. Driscoll,? Chairman, National Assessment Governing Board
?The DOE's policies are actually fostering divison and conflict, largely between charter parents and traditional public school parents ."* ?Bill de Blasio, NYC Public Advocate
Mike isn't wrong when he notes with satisfaction that, on some indicators and at some grade levels, poor and minority students in the U.S. are doing better today than a decade a or so back. Only a churl would say that's not an accomplishment worthy of notice and some pride.
If the country's schools of education have been one of the more prominent bulls-eyes for school reformers, this new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality, ?Student Teaching in the United States,? is bound to unnerve a few ed schools; 99 of them to be exact.?