Everything you need to know about the recent school spending bubble
Michael J. PetrilliCan be summarized by this short passage in today's Ohio Education Gadfly:
Education News Nuggets
NJ teachers don't have very nice things to say about Chris Christie behind closed doors, which Christie's not exactly thrilled about?
Quotable & Notable
?There's not a hint in the Constitution that we ought to have it, and there's not a shred of evidence that it's done anything to improve education.'' Representative Roscoe G. Bartlett on the Department of Education
Money matters
Washington, D.C.'s mayor-in-waiting, Vincent Gray, wants to assure private foundations that education reform is high on his agenda. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
Getting nasty in the Ivy
Things are not well at Dartmouth and Cornell: But in an effort to spur gifts among young soon-to-be alumni, students at two Ivy League institutions are trying a different approach: publicizing the names of seniors who don't contribute to their class gift.
Ed in VA
The nation's education secretary, Arne Duncan, was talking schools today in Richmond at the Governor's Education Summit. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
Gimme that candy!
Identifying flaws and hypocrisy and what-the-heck-are-you-talking-about-ness in Diane Ravitch's arguments has become about as easy as taking candy from a particularly enfeebled infant?one with weak little fingers and no resolve?and about as pointless. If anyone can do it, why bother? But sometimes the baby is holding a bar made from Criollo cocoa, and you?simply can't resist.
Fair and balanced, indeed
I like much that appears in the New York Review of Books, but when that publication has Diane Ravitch review Waiting for ?Superman,? I wonder. Perhaps its editors might ask Bill Gates to evaluate the next iPhone?
Oh, brother
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says: ?Bullying is a problem that shouldn't exist.? Profound. Just wait until he takes on starvation, rape, and genocide.
Criticizing Jews no longer kosher, says ED
The U.S. Department of Education has announced, ?as part of a guidance on bullying, that Jewish students who are harassed at schools enjoy the protections of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,? according to an exultant press release from the American Jewish Committee.
Saving NY Catholic Schools
Kathleen Porter-MageeIt's hardly newsworthy to say that, across the country, Catholic schools?particularly those schools that serve the neediest children in urban areas?are closing at record pace.
Ed profs: TFA is a good idea
Janie ScullAlong with ed school accreditation processes, education professors believe that the entire system of university-based teacher education is in need of improvement, according to our
The Culture of Poverty ? or the Poverty of Culture?
Peter MeyerA?number of years ago (1989 to be exact) I reported and wrote a story for Life magazine called Children of Poverty.
Don't look now, but truancy is a national epidemic
Peter MeyerJune Krunholz's new report on truancy in Education Next should curl some education reform toes:
Being honest about how tough ed reform is
Jamie Davies O'LearyI know I'm the last one to the party on this one but I just got around to seeing Waiting for Superman this weekend.
Columbus City Schools should be ashamed
Jamie Davies O'LearyAs an authorizer of two charter schools in Columbus, we've heard our fair share of stories about the district not being very cooperative with them (in the way of busing, facilities, etc.).
Unraveling constant school spending growth in the Buckeye State
Terry RyanIn today's Ohio Education Gadfly former Ohio lawmaker Jeff Jacobson and I share findings from our review of Ohio's school funding system.
"Reform dollars" for education are dwarfed by status quo spending
The gravity of Ohio’s $6-8 billion dollar budget hole and its unavoidable impact on K-12 education is about to hit h
High-flying schools starting to feel the pressure of NCLB, to what avail?
Emmy L. PartinWith No Child Left Behind’s 2014 deadline for all students to reach proficiency looming on the horizon, and federal action to revamp the act seems unlikely anytime soon, state accountability systems, including Ohio’s, are ratcheting up expectations for public schools.
Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card
Bianca SperanzaBruce Baker, David Sciarra, Danielle FarrieSeptember 2010
Move over Bill Nye, the Dean of Invention has arrived
Nick JochHow do you attract great principals to failing schools? One North Carolina district believes it has found the answer.
New Fordham report weighs options for governance of Common Core standards
Now that Ohio and most other states have adopted Common Core’s English Language Arts and math standards, big-picture questions loom: who will be in charge of governing and “owning” these standards ten years down the road? Who will be in charge of implementation?
Quotable & Notable
?What we teach in school should not be dependent on the political leanings of a governing body.? Rick Doll, Superintendent of Lawrence, Kansas school district
Interview with Mike P.
Our Mike Petrilli talks to EducationNews.org about what's next for common education standards. Check out the interview?. ?Amy Fagan
Gray on schools
Vincent Gray, the next mayor of the nation's capital, talks education with Washington Post reporter Jay Mathews. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
Build a better classroom
Slate wants to know: How would you design the 21st-century classroom? And on Monday, November 8th, the online magazine will host a panel discussion on the topic at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Dump ED in '10
It's not just Rand Paul, who's running to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate, who wants to abolish the federal Department of Education.
Embrace the mess
Kathleen Porter-MageeThere has been much talk on this?blog and elsewhere about the movie Waiting For ?Superman' and its promotion of the idea that we know ?what works? in education.