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ED official (rightly) lectures Maine on lack of charter law Russo on yesterday's??NAEP coverage
ED official (rightly) lectures Maine on lack of charter law Russo on yesterday's??NAEP coverage
More evidence that the education components of the ARRA have been about jobs, jobs, jobs.
The Council on American Private Education (CAPE) has submitted superb public comments on the i3 fund.
Very big news out of New Haven, CT, though it's a story likely to be completely overlooked.
This NY Times article highlights some folks who took alternative routes to become teachers, leaving their primary careers or retirement to complete fast-track programs into the classroom. One of programs mentioned is the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE).
Quotable: "Everybody's using the [budget] numbers now to their own benefit, so they can blame somebody else for these teacher firings...My job is to make sure the city balances its budget. You can just blame Jack Evans." -D.C. Council member Jack ??Evans (D-Ward 2)
We're tweeting from the Partners in Education Network (PIE-NET) conference in Denver today. Follow our Twitter feed @educationgadfly or the conference hashtag #PIE09.