Ballyhoo at Bighorn
Steven Brill thinks that Race to the Top era will be the teachers’ unions’ undoing.
Central Office Transformation for District-wide Teaching and Learning Improvement
Daniela FairchildMeredith Honig, Michael Copland, Lydia Rainey, Juli Anna Lorton, Morena NewtonCenter for the Study of Teaching and Policy, University of WashingtonApril 2010
The Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment Reading 2009
Stafford PalmieriNational Center for Education StatisticsMay 2010
Match Quality, Worker Productivity, and Worker Mobility: Direct Evidence from Teachers
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.C. Kirabo JacksonNational Bureau of Economic ResearchMay 2010
Now that's expensive!
What’s the price of common sense school reform? If Central Falls is any guide, the answer is sit-ins, protests, and demonstrations, a strongly worded rebuke by the President of the United States (and his Education Secretary), and grandiose rhetorical battles played out on the opinions pages of every major newspaper.
Scientific reasoning
In our rush to reinvigorate science and math in our nation’s schools, have we left the humanities in the dust? Peter Berkowitz thinks so. “No doubt science and math are vital,” he writes.
Skip college, go votech?
Conventional wisdom says that a college degree equals a better job, higher lifetime earnings, and a happier life. But is college the only way to live the American Dream?
Don't punish schools for teaching white students too well
Michael J. Petrilli, Janie ScullNo Child Left Behind can be summed up in four words: good ideas gone awry. Unfortunately, one key part of the Obama Administration’s “blueprint” for overhauling the landmark federal law might perpetuate that legacy for another ten years.
Dan Meyer
I haven't seen a great educator video in a while, so I particularly enjoyed this new one from California teacher, blogger, and part-time Googler Dan Meyer. It was given at the TEDxNYED conference in March.
Needle in a Haystack: Valleyview Elementary
Valleyview Elementary stands out not only for its academic success in educating a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, but also for its orderly atmosphere, collaborative staff, and strong leadership.
Quotable and Notable
?We are full speed ahead working toward a submission. But, we are doing a calculus as to whether or not the competition is stacked against Massachusetts.? ? Mitch Chester, Massachusetts Education Commissioner