Patriciorum numerum auxi consul quintum iussu populi et senatus. Senatum ter legi, et in consulatu sexto censum populi conlega M. Agrippa egi. Lustrum post annum alterum et quadragensimum feci, quo lustro civium Romanorum censa sunt capita quadragiens centum millia et sexaginta tria millia. Tum iterum consulari cum imperio lustrum solus feci C. Censonno et C.
Have you bought your copy of Troublemaker, by Gadfly-in-Chief Chester E. Finn, Jr.? If not, here's some motivation.
Are you fed up with the status quo in education? Do you have an idea for an innovative new venture, but lack the guidance and funds to operationalize it? Then you might be the perfect candidate for Mind Trust’s Education Entrepreneur Fellowship.
Here’s what we know about previous attempts to fix America’s most persistently failing schools. Turnarounds in other fields seldom work. Turnarounds in education have even lower success rates. Despite decades of effort, we still don’t have a reliable playbook for turning a very low-performing school into a good school, much less a great school.
LOL, txting is tot. nbd, so says the prelim fndings of a nu stdy from Coventry University. In fact, students who used the most phonologically-based text abbreviations--such as “nite” instead of night--were the best spellers.
A New York Times bestseller currently declares “free” to be a “radical price,” and incomparably better than “inexpensive.” Perhaps said book was on E.D.
Don't forget. Next Monday, February 23, from 4:30 to 5:45 pm we'll be hosting a "team of rivals"--i.e., four Fordham board members--to discuss our new report, The Accountability Illusion.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is looking for a new Assistant Director-General for Education. That's the highest ranking education job within the organization and is responsible for the overall formulation, planning and coordination of UNESCO's strategy, programs, and plans of action in education.
The House Committee Formerly Known as Education and Labor issued this week a scathing report that tied 32 KIPP and Achievement First schools to the use of illegal, performance-enhancing drugs.
This week’s National Journal online discussion features Fordham’s latest report: Cracks in the Ivory Tower? The Views of Education Professors Circa 2010.
Ohio’s impending budget crisis has been danced around by the state’s politicians during this election season, but there is no doubt that no matter the outcome on Tuesday education faces some tough cuts. Ohioans are finally coming to realize that unmitigated increases in school spending like we’ve seen in years past are no longer an option going forward.
When 17-year-old Brandon Frost wore his Indianapolis Colts jersey last Friday to support his hometown football team, his school’s principal was less than receptive. See, Frost had moved three years ago from Indiana to rural Louisiana, where Maurepas High School principal Steve Vampran had relaxed the student dress code for Black-and-Gold Day in honor of the New Orleans Saints.
This week, Mike and Stafford discuss the fate of Catholic schools (again), Russ Whitehurst’s call to the Obama Administration to stop ignoring curriculum, and the future of school boards. Then Amber tells us about a new RAND study on social promotion and Rate that Reform gets S.A.D.
Almost since the contest was announced, those of us working in Ohio have wondered whether Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s Race to the Top decisions could really be politics-free.
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and in conjunction with the National Charter School Conference in Miami the following week, USCharterSchools.org invites you to join a web dialogue, June 7-10.
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and in conjunction with the National Charter School Conference in Miami the following week, USCharterSchools.org invites you to join a web dialogue, June 7-10.
The U.S. Department of Education is looking for individuals to review grants for the Transition to Teaching program (which will support alternative routes to licensure) and the Voluntary Public School Choice program (which will support local choice initiatives). Reviewers will spend 5 days in Washington and be paid a small stipend and travel costs.
The Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education is looking to hire an education program specialist (GS-13, salary range $69,054- 89,774) for the Public Charter Schools program.
This week, Mike and Rick talk about marketplaces, attorneys general, and Denver. Checker Finn pays us a visit and chats about the Broad Prize, and Education News of the Weird is: Got Milk? Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
In response to Martin Davis's article ("Ed reform, born again?" May 11), I want to know if he's read the think-piece, "Testing the Boundaries of Parental Authority Over Education," by Robert Reich. He quotes Justice White in Wisconsin v.
The private sector is reclaiming Friend-of-Gadfly Vic Klatt, who has served Howard "Buck" McKeon, the House Education and Labor Committee's Senior Republican, as his top staffer for the past two years (Vic's second tour on the Hill). Replacing him is the eminently capable Sally Stroup, a former assistant secretary for postsecondary education.
Chomp at the bit no longer. The video from our event, Are Education Schools Amenable to Reform?, is now available. Watch it here.
Watch last week’s frank discussion about the lessons Fordham has learned as a charter school sponsor in Ohio, culled from our new book, Ohio’s Education Reform Challenges: Lessons From the Frontline.
The Village Academies - a network of college preparatory public charter schools based in Harlem that strives to develop students of fine character who graduate from college and make a positive contribution to society - seeks a new controller.
From the Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog we learn that Washington’s mayor-to-be, Vincent Gray, “believes a student’s family life is at least as important” as the quality of that student’s teacher and has “questioned whether kids can pr
In September, the U.S. Department of Education announced a grant of $10 million to help Western Governors University (www.wgu.edu), a virtual university, create an online, competency-based teachers college. The University is now hiring a director of assessment as well as faculty members in math education, reading, and English language learning.
Filios meos, quos iuvenes mihi eripuit fortuna, Gaium et Lucium Caesares honoris mei caussa senatus populusque Romanus annum quintum et decimum agentis consules designavit, ut eum magistratum inirent post quinquennium, et ex eo die quo deducti sunt in forum ut interessent consiliis publicis decrevit senatus.
Don't miss your last chance to RSVP for our next Great Debate, "With charter schools ascendant, is there still a future for vouchers?" It's next Wednesday, August 19, 2009 from 4 to 5:30 pm. RSVP to Amy Fagan at [email protected].
Join Kevin Carey, John Kirtley, Gerard Robinson, and Susan Zelman as they discuss, "With charter schools ascendant, is there still a future for vouchers?" The discussion, which will take place on August 19 from 4 to 5:30 pm, will be moderated by Mike Petrilli. RSVP to Amy Fagan at [email protected].
