Education News Nuggets
Thinking of skipping school to enjoy the final days of good weather? Well, you might want to think again.
Thinking of skipping school to enjoy the final days of good weather? Well, you might want to think again.
?There are a lot of benefits to this [value-added] approach, but the science of the methodology at this point isn't where it should be to attach teachers names to it.? ?Douglas Ready, Professor, Columbia University's Teacher College
Well?.no real resolution today on whether or not New York City can release the names and ratings of its teachers.
Trying to?increase parental involvement in schools is a?laudable goal, but? threatening parents?with jail time if they repeatedly miss parent-teacher conferences? Really? According to this CNN report, a county prosecutor in Michigan is proposing a law that would do just that.
Gotham Schools is reporting that the NYC's teachers union did indeed file suit earlier today, seeking to prevent the city from publicly releasing the effectiveness ratings (and names) of its teachers.
In case you haven't heard, there's a pretty?big tussle going on in NYC over whether education officials there should be allowed to publicly release the performance info/ratings of the city's teachers.
The Washington Post's Answer Sheet blog will tell you. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
The New York City teachers' union is requesting a ?restraining order? that would block the release of ?reports that rank thousands? of its members ?based on how much progress students made on state standardized tests,? reports the New York Times.
Doug Lemov's Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College offers teachers nitty-gritty tips and tools for improving effectiveness in the classroom?and it made a big splash this past spring and summer, rising to one of the top-selling books on Amazon
Why was I not surprised to read the Education Week story on a new federal study, ?the largest?to date,?