Fordham looking to hire its next ?new media? guru
The irreplaceable and immensely talented Laura Pohl is moving on, following her passion for international relief work. So we're looking to hire our next Director of New Media.
The irreplaceable and immensely talented Laura Pohl is moving on, following her passion for international relief work. So we're looking to hire our next Director of New Media.
So reports Fritz Edelstein in his daily e-mail blast. (We're working on confirming this with the Department of Education.) If true, the timing is quite a surprise?at least a few weeks earlier than expected. Why is Arne Duncan rushing out this news in the dog days of August? To get a big splash during a slow news week? To connect with back-to-school stories?
It's back to school this week for many, and Michelle Rhee has a tough love message for principals.
?Damn near anything is going to be an improvement on the status quo.'' ? Daniel Willingham, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia, commenting on the way teachers are evaluated
Slowly, slowly, I work my way through the latest issue of Washington Monthly, in which America's colleges and universities are ranked.
Alex Johnston, the CEO of ConnCAN (I yearn for someone in Topeka to found KanCAN?or, better yet, someone in Montparnasse to start CancanCAN), writes that he is waiting for the coming of ?the
The Boston Globe reports that Beantown teachers are culturally insensitive, inclined to boorish behavior that, according to ?some students and advocates,?
School started last week for one of the highest performing middle schools in Columbus, the Columbus Collegiate Academy (one of Fordham's sponsored schools). With the start of school comes the start of familiar problems with student transportation.