A trickle of TIMSS news
Michael J. PetrilliThe 2007 results of the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study are to be released officially this morning (and I haven't managed to get my hands on a copy, darn it!), but some of the news is already starting to leak out:
TIMSS: What gets tested gets taught
Michael J. PetrilliThe Trends in??International Mathematics and Science Study results are out. Here's Fordham's official take:
Arne dominates
Arne Duncan still dominates the field in our pick-the-next-education-secretary poll. Our ten Washington insiders are sticking with the likely nominee, but some voters are looking for the unexpected choice. If not the basketball extraordinaire from Chicago, who might it be?
Diane Ravitch's take on TIMSS
From guest blogger Diane Ravitch, a Fordham board member and research professor at NYU:
Senator Weingarten?
Stafford PalmieriShe's been in DC but a few weeks and already the pull of New York is calling her home--as a New York State Senator?
Hubris alert!
Michael J. PetrilliThe news media is clearly anticipating the announcement of an education secretary pick soon, because the k-12 issue hasn't gotten this much attention since George Bush and Ted Kennedy teamed up to pass the No Child Left Behind Act.
Another guv bites the dust
Michael J. PetrilliI've been quite transparent about my interest in seeing the education secretary job filled by a sitting or former governor.
Race to the top
Michael J. PetrilliThis Washington Post analysis is a nice cut on the school comparison genre.
The big money's on Arne Duncan
Michael J. PetrilliPerhaps the news that yet another governor has taken herself out of contention led our Washington Insiders to put even more of their chips on Chicago superintendent Arne Duncan in the race for the ed
GM, headed for corrective action
Michael J. PetrilliJay Greene takes the measure of the auto industry's bailout bill in Congress and finds it wanting: It's now becoming clear that rather than moving K-12 public education to look more like a competitive market, we are moving the competitive market to look more like K-12 public education.
Teacher knows best
Stafford PalmieriI'm not a teacher but Ashley Heard is. She was whipped into action (translation: letter to the editor of WaPo) this weekend after hearing about a shooting at Anacostia Senior High School. That said, don't listen to me, listen to her:
Where do I sign up?
As many Americans face increasingly tight financial times--and some even unemployment--I found this story by Yoav Gonen
Speaking of Christmas gifts.....
Apparently there's a book being released next year about giftedness and EducationNews.org
The Democratic Party's schism is now official
Michael J. PetrilliWith both David Brooks of the New York Times and
Staff assistants matter too
Eric OsbergHere at Fordham, the staff assistant is the glue that holds the place together.
Deputy and assistant secretaries matter too
Stafford PalmieriDavid Brooks has been weighing in on the education secretary debate for a few weeks now. Today's??latest installment, however, I think was his best.
LDH: muse or monster of education reform?
Stafford PalmieriWell, Mike ain't gonna be getting a Christmas card from Linda this year.
Maybe it's Mabus
Ray Mabus has picked up quite a head of steam over the past week or so, putting him fairly high up on the rungs of the ladder in our latest education secretary poll. But, some are certain it's Sebelius, who has risen to the number two spot, knocking Klein out of his armchair.
Surprise in store?
All of the votes aren't in yet for today's pick-the-next-education-secretary-daily-tracking-poll, but two new names have surfaced.
Diane Ravitch to Lou Gerstner: Stop lecturing and start listening
Michael J. PetrilliThe former IBM CEO gets no support for his proposal to eliminate the nation's 1
More than "Lips" service for broad-based reform
Eric OsbergDan Lips of The Heritage Foundation argues that there's much more to the conservative education agenda than just choice--that "the pundits who are pushing for the Republican Party to develop new ide
Close, but no cigar
Kathleen Sebelius almost beat out Joel Klein in our poll today, falling short of Klein's 9.7% of the vote, with just 9.5%. Not too much else has changed, so we are sitting tight. What might start to change insider opinion is a new story released by the Associated Press about Gov.
Gadfly is back
Stafford PalmieriWe know it was tough to be Gadfly-less through Thanksgiving (although we hope our sumptuous video menu helped tide you over). Good news: we're baaaack.
Spellings meets Duncan, who has "no idea" when ed secretary post to be announced
The AP reports that Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools chief,