Stimulating Excellence: Unleashing the Power of Innovation in Education
Center for American Progress, American Enterprise Institute, New Profit Inc., and Public ImpactMay 2009
Center for American Progress, American Enterprise Institute, New Profit Inc., and Public ImpactMay 2009
National Council on Teacher Quality and National Math and Science InitiativeJune 2009Qualified science and math teachers are in short supply and this report explains how state laws and regulations can encourage individuals to teach in the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math.
Consortium on Chicago School ResearchJune 2009Chicago is the third largest city in the country and the hometown of our nation's president and as such, has naturally been playing a much larger role in the political realm. The educational research world must have noticed because Chicago and the Chicago Public School System have also had a large presence in several recent reports.
Center on Education PolicyJune 2009
Alliance for Excellent Education, with author Lyndsay M. PinkusJune 2009
The New Teachers Project, with authors Daniel Weisber, Susan Sexton, Jennifer Mulhern, and David KeelingJune 2009
One of the most striking aspects of the proposed Race to the Top application released last week (
Stay tuned???..tomorrow we will be releasing our next report: "The Great Graduation Rate Debate." It's a very helpful primer on a very complex topic, and it'll be up on our website in the morning!
Quotable "We are determined to continue to fight against the dismantling of our school district, and for real reform and equality for the young people of Detroit." --Heather Miller, former Detroit math teacher who was accused of inciting an unruly student protest regarding school closings.
After his second attempt to dismantle the state's charter school program was thwarted, Ohio Governor Ted S
Quotable "We used to buy art supplies...now we buy the art teacher." --Bill Williams, executive director of the Washington state PTA, on how budget cuts have made parent contributions fill in budget shortfalls.
If you're following Race to the Top events, you might want to read my take on the big recent developments here .
I'm pleased to announce this summer's latest blockbuster , from the creators of No Child Left Behind, it's: "NCLB 2: The Carrot That Feels Lik
Tomorrow morning, we'll learn a good bit more about what Secretary Duncan has in mind for the Race to the Top. Documents related to state applications will be released by 10am. You should be able to find them here.
Ohio's charter school program dodged a bullet this recent budget cycle (here).
Quotable "Just as soon as we're celebrating what for a lot of systems was a successful year, you're starting off the new year with a kick in the pants." --Georgia Association of Teachers President Jeff Hubbard, discussing the recently announced teacher furloughs
Paul E. BartonEducational Testing ServiceJuly 2009
Paul Teske, Jody Fitzpatrick, and Tracey O'BrienCenter on Reinventing Public EducationJuly 2009
Atlanta principals are feeling more than just summer heat. And recent probes into test score discrepancies have revealed just how hot it can get. When low springtime scores at Deerwood Academy turned into huge gains during a summer-school retest, Principal Lisa Smith was accused of tampering with the results.
With the first quarter of 2009 witnessing the sharpest decline in state tax receipts on record (see here), it comes as no surprise that many states are scrambling to win federal "Race to the Top" dollars.
With the first quarter of 2009 witnessing the sharpest decline in state tax receipts on record, it comes as no surprise that many states are scrambling to win federal "Race to the Top" dollars.
When a prospective robber "does his homework," the implication is figurative. That is, unless you're this pair of robbers from Sacramento, CA. The two teens, aged 15 and 17, respectively, broke into a home in the Golden State's capital. When the house's owner returned, the aspiring pilferers dropped their backpacks to speed up their fence-jumping retreat.
Milwaukee's New Schools Approval Board, created after intense legislative negotiations earlier this summer, has released its first set of decisions: three approvals, sixteen denials.
Sol Stern is a man with a plan. The 2009 New York City teacher contract is set to expire three days before Election Day, and Mayor Bloomberg's overturning of term limits mean the United Federation of Teachers and that hizzoner will be going to bat once more.
The Gotham teacher aides who'll be jobless come September are not victims of the financial crisis. Instead, the cause of their unemployment is the source of their salaries. Parents at a number of affluent public schools have contributed $200,000 to 300,000 a year to pay directly for the additional adult help.
My article in last week's Education Gadfly ("Sarah Palin, anti-intellectualism, and the plight of??the liberal arts") generated more reactions than anything I've written in a long time.