Do teachers pine for the George W. Bush era?
I just happened to be reading the latest Metlife Survey of the American Teacher, and came across this fascinating chart:
I just happened to be reading the latest Metlife Survey of the American Teacher, and came across this fascinating chart:
A few weeks ago the edu-documentary The Cartel had a showing here in Columbus.
Feel like walking out, as New York students recently did, on the National Standards debate?
Usually when we talk about the ?international? side of education, it's to bemoan that we're slipping behind our foreign competitors. PISA! TIMSS! Our students aren't learning any math or science! I'm kind of bored with this line of reasoning.
?Educators feel that their schools' reputation, their livelihoods, their psychic meaning in life is at stake.? ? Robert Schaeffer, Public Education Director for FairTest, a non-profit group critical of standardized testing
Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com Mike appeared on Fox & Friends this morning to talk about districts cutting the school week in the face of budget shortfalls. What do you think?
The Archdiocese of Baltimore, which has lost 40 percent of its schools in the last decade, has a new plan for stopping the decline. It includes some good ideas and some straighter-than-usual talk about quality. ?Andy Smarick
Earlier this month, Mathematica released a study on the results of a TAP program underway in Chicago (Amber writes it up here).
Tuesday, the Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) filed suit against the district for requiring dismissed teachers to reapply for jobs, as it breaches their contract.