DC Opportunity Scholarship Program renewed in budget deal
As you probably know by now, the President and Congress came to a budget agreement late last night that will keep the government operating through the end of the fiscal year.
As you probably know by now, the President and Congress came to a budget agreement late last night that will keep the government operating through the end of the fiscal year.
On Wednesday I suggested that furloughed federal employees might be a great source of volunteers for DC-area schools--if only someone could organize them.
GOAL! Sign up for this soccer- focused charter! Or join this ?underground railroad' for geniuses.
?If somebody were judging us like we're judging these schools, we'd probably be a failing Congress.'' * ?? Rep. Howard P. McKeon, R-California
I just wanted to give a quick shout-out from the Education Writers Association meeting in New Orleans.
Tim Kitts of Florida's Bay Haven Charter Academy explains his ?plus? model of school improvement, and the axes of curriculum and department structures.
Mike and Rick talk about what happens when the parent trigger misfires, raise serious questions about Florida's teacher-reform law, and wonder whether expanding vouchers to the middle class will do much good. Amber knocks Gary Miron's KIPP study down a few pegs, and Chris lobbies against state-mandated dress codes. [powerpress]
?Too many of our kids are dropping out of schools.That's not a white, black or brown problem. That's everybody's problem'' * -Barack Obama, President, United States of America
I was just re-reading sections of The Making of Americans by Don Hirsch, preparing to send out some encouraging words to my local district Board of Ed Curriculum Committee, when a new
?David Steiner got none of the negative press that Cathleen Black received when he was appointed Commissioner of New York State's Education Department in October of 2009.
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It's looking increasingly likely that large swaths of the federal government will shutter its doors come Friday at midnight.
The humanities are under attack, writes Nicholas Dames in the latest N+1.
Rick Hess strongly implies that I'm a Finland lover just because I signed the AFT plea for better curricular materials for teachers to use in connection
?The prevailing sentiment that anyone can do the job of a teacher, or that anyone can direct teachers how to do their job, is ill-considered: Many have tried, and many have failed.'' *
Today's Columbus Dispatch features an anti-Teach For America op-ed by an OSU ed professor (Thomas Stephens). He says nothing surprising to any of us who've heard ed schools' views of alternative teacher preparation before.
?Good teaching cannot fall victim to budget cuts,? a post on Ed Week's ?PD Watch? blog implored last week.
Will you get on or not?? This is the question posed by this morning's page one New York Times story by Trip Gabriel:? More Pupils Are Learning Online, Fueling Debate on Quality.?
Peter has already covered Trip Gabriel's NYT piece on digital learning this morning (and done, as always, a mighty fine job).
Districts in many states are spending the last of their federal stimulus dollars, and their strategy for dealing with the resulting fiscal pressure is: freak out and fire people.
Eric Felten, perhaps best known for his writings on music and drinking, was in the pages of the Wall Street Journal last week, reviewing the new book In the Basement of the Ivory Tower, which is an expansion of an essay of the same name that ran in the Atlantic
Get excited?it's Squirrel Week! Now you can be less upset about missing International Pillow Fight Day!
?Since many of the practices, values, and terminology?of the new reformers have been borrowed from the business world, it's also important to remember that what corporate CEOs celebrate as innovative isn't necessarily fair or just.'' *
This is either a cautionary tale about trusting education bureaucracies, a lesson in Internet lethargy, or simply the complaint of a crochety (former) journalist.
One of the nation's leading education economists, Eric Hanushek has a must-read story in Education Next, just released today, ?Valuing Teachers: How much is a good teacher worth???
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?Private school vouchers are not an effective way to improve student achievement. The Administration opposes targeting resources to help a small number of individuals attend private schools rather than creating access to great public schools for every child.'' *
I cried. It was only Babes in Arms, but the kids sang and danced as if on Broadway?and some of them actually had Broadway genes in their vocal chords and gambly arms and legs.? A lazy Sunday afternoon and I caught the last performance of the high school play.?