End of schoolyear blow-out!
This week has provided a nice natural experiment about which kinds of studies the media finds newsworthy. Four major reports, each of which might normally lead the news in a typical week, battled it out for attention.
This week has provided a nice natural experiment about which kinds of studies the media finds newsworthy. Four major reports, each of which might normally lead the news in a typical week, battled it out for attention.
Andy wonders if he's being naive again to think that a rise in test scores is a bad thing.
A new report from CEP shows consistent gains on state tests for all groups of kids in the NCLB era.
Lots of interesting stuff at next week's national charter schools conference, including speeches by Secretary Duncan, Michelle Rhee, and Joel Klein. Check out the massive agenda here.
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, my old stomping grounds, has just done us all a major service and itself proud.
We hear that USA Today's Greg Toppo met a lovely lady today--"Brady Bunch" Mom Florence Henderson. Apparently she joined other celebs and music groups outside the Department of Education to push for more music education in schools.
Over at????U.S. News & World Report, Andy Rotherham and Richard Whitmire make the case for closing underperforming charter schools and rewarding successful ones.????