Being honest about how tough ed reform is
I know I'm the last one to the party on this one but I just got around to seeing Waiting for Superman this weekend.
I know I'm the last one to the party on this one but I just got around to seeing Waiting for Superman this weekend.
As an authorizer of two charter schools in Columbus, we've heard our fair share of stories about the district not being very cooperative with them (in the way of busing, facilities, etc.).
In today's Ohio Education Gadfly former Ohio lawmaker Jeff Jacobson and I share findings from our review of Ohio's school funding system.
The gravity of Ohio’s $6-8 billion dollar budget hole and its unavoidable impact on K-12 education is about to hit h
With No Child Left Behind’s 2014 deadline for all students to reach proficiency looming on the horizon, and federal action to revamp the act seems unlikely anytime soon, state accountability systems, including Ohio’s, are ratcheting up expectations for public schools.
Bruce Baker, David Sciarra, Danielle FarrieSeptember 2010
How do you attract great principals to failing schools? One North Carolina district believes it has found the answer.
Now that Ohio and most other states have adopted Common Core’s English Language Arts and math standards, big-picture questions loom: who will be in charge of governing and “owning” these standards ten years down the road? Who will be in charge of implementation?
?What we teach in school should not be dependent on the political leanings of a governing body.? Rick Doll, Superintendent of Lawrence, Kansas school district
Our Mike Petrilli talks to EducationNews.org about what's next for common education standards. Check out the interview?. ?Amy Fagan
Vincent Gray, the next mayor of the nation's capital, talks education with Washington Post reporter Jay Mathews. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
Slate wants to know: How would you design the 21st-century classroom? And on Monday, November 8th, the online magazine will host a panel discussion on the topic at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
It's not just Rand Paul, who's running to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate, who wants to abolish the federal Department of Education.
There has been much talk on this?blog and elsewhere about the movie Waiting For ?Superman' and its promotion of the idea that we know ?what works? in education.
Last week, the two national accreditation bodies for teacher preparation programs?NCATE and TEAC?voted to standardize their accreditation processes and ultimately merge into a single organizati
Pondiscio and Willingham team up to give?new You Tube education phenom ?Ken Robinson a?good going-over.? Don't miss. ?Peter Meyer, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow