An Evaluation of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) in Chicago: Year Two Impact Report
Steven Glazerman and Allison SeifullahMathematica Policy ResearchMay 2010
Steven Glazerman and Allison SeifullahMathematica Policy ResearchMay 2010
Bryan Hassel and Emily HasselPublic ImpactJune 2010
David N. Figlio and Cassandra M.D. HartNational Bureau of Economic ResearchJune 2010
How serious are we about preparing everyone for college? This is perhaps the most widely avoided question in American education. It’s politically dangerous. Merely asking it seems to raise doubts about our core belief in equal opportunity. And it sounds crabby, cranky, arrogant, and classist.
English is a complicated and often counterintuitive language. “I” before “e” except after “c” and when it sounds like “a,” as in neighbor and weigh? A group of phonetics die-hards agree.
Private school enrollments tend to ebb and flow with the economy. And so fall 2009 private school numbers expectedly dipped in response to 2008’s economic downturn. But fall 2010 might be another story.
Last year we criticized Roland Fryer’s “pay for performance” programs in part because kids were getting mixed messages about incentives. Should we really pay youngsters for doing things they already should be doing?
Jay Greene is upset that nobody has addressed his concerns about the Common Core State Standards initiative.
I'm a bit behind on my reading, but did you hear the good news last Friday? The unemployment rate dipped last month, with over 400,000 non-agricultural jobs added, the largest bump in 10 years!
?Any time you tell the complete story, the accurate story of history, some people are not going to be happy.? ? Jonathan M. Seinz, Director of Legislative Affairs, Liberty Institute of Plano, Texas
Detroit mayor wants control of schools. I bet he gets it. McNeil continues to follow the important and troubling RTT?side deals issue.