And you thought pay-for-performance was unpopular?
Just think if this idea made its way to the k-12 system: ???A&M to base bonuses on student input???!
Just think if this idea made its way to the k-12 system: ???A&M to base bonuses on student input???!
As Amy implies below, Arne Duncan's Senate confirmation hearing was by all accounts a smashing success-i
Check out these two articles that each quote our own Mike Petrilli. A Christian Science Monitor piece dissects the Bush legacy on domestic policy issues, including education. Mike jumps in to discuss NCLB.
According to the New York Times coverage of Arne Duncan's Senate confirmation hearing this morning, the education secretary-designate to
In case you'd like to go to the movies today, take a cooking class, get some exercise,??or simply enjoy a long nap, here's what we can expect from the Arne Duncan confirmation hearing.
Should the federal government bail-out state education budgets? Or would budget cuts be good for schools? The debate goes on.
Checker appeared on NBC Nightly News Jan. 9 to share his thoughts on education reform and President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus package.
Spellings offered this advice to Duncan in this morning's Washington Post:??
Not surprisingly, our editorial arguing that budget cuts are good for schools has stirred plenty of commen
Yesterday's Education Daily carried the headline, "Experts: Uniform standards could gain ground in 2009." Consider this quote from uber-pundit Jack Jennings of the Center on Education Policy: "Two years ago, I wouldn't have given nation??al standards much of a chance at all, but I think the atmosphere is changing.
I know driving a school bus can be tough. Screaming kids, early hours, perhaps an empty stomach... unfortunately, none of that means one should make a stop at the liquor store to buy some booze. Guess this school bus driver from Billings, Montana totally missed that memo.
If any American is in any way skeptical of placing education atop the nation's urgent priority list, they should read this article by USA Today's Greg Toppo.
That's what I would have titled this new National Review Online piece penned by me, Checker, and Rick Hess.
It was quite a dry spell, wasn't it? Hopefully the holidays distracted you in your Gadfly-less state of depression. We're back and better than ever for 2009.
The Obama economic stimulus plan comes under a bit of fire in this bold op-ed by Checker, Mike and Rick (Hess), posted on National Review Online.
A guest post from a Fordham Research Intern, Hannah Miller. Hannah attended the Quality Counts release event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC yesterday.?? Education Week and Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) made a smart choice when deciding the order of events for the release of their 13th annual education report card.
Susan SclafaniEducation and Society Program, The Aspen Institute2008
National Governors Association, Council of Chief State School Officers, and AchieveDecember 2008
Gadfly has previously noted the flaws and weaknesses inherent in "21st Century Skills" (here, here and here, for example) and