The Mayor of Indianapolis-the country's only mayor with the authority to sponsor charter schools-seeks an assistant director for charter schools to help coordinate the application review process, oversee charter schools, and develop an accountability process with the mayor. For details see www.charterauthorizers.org (click on Jobs).
On May 27, the Cincinnati Enquirer ran a front page story announcing that the board of the state’s top performing charter school—the W.E.B. DuBois Academy—had voted to close the school due to serious financial problems. As the school’s sponsor, the Thomas B.
We are saddened to note the passing this week of John Brandl, a champion education reformer to whom we were honored to present the 2005 Fordham Prize for Valor. Education reformer, though, is but one of the many public-service roles that Brandl occupied throughout his long and venerable career.
The education-reform world lost a strong ally and a good friend last week with the passing of Lovett (Pete) Peters.
The Mind Trust is now accepting applications for its Indianapolis-based Education Entrepreneur Fellowship. It's a fantastic idea that seeks to develop promising education ventures. Find out more here.
The Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education is looking to fill a civil service position that oversees its school choice and charter school programs. It's an important job.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss a school in Massachusetts that wants to rise above test scores, the death of “No Child Left Behind” (as a name, not a law!), and out-of-work ed-school grads. Then Amber presents Fordham’s latest report on national standards and Rate that Reform wishes Texas really would secede.
Oakwood Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, is taking childhood obesity seriously. Concerned about its rapidly widening student population, the school revamped recess last year and made playtime less about chit chat and more about burning calories.
We need a fall intern. The best candidates are college students or recent graduates who are interested in education policy; fine writers; sharp thinkers; described on their Facebook profiles by words such as fun, lively, amicable, humorous, and perspicacious.
You won't want to miss our May 5 conference, "International Lessons about National Standards." Michigan State's William Schmidt will offer major new findings while Education Secretary Arne Duncan will keynote. You can sign up for this all-day event at the Capitol Hilton in downtown D.C.
Such exciting times! Fordham has D.C.-based internship opportunities available in both our research and new media departments. We’re looking for those who want to engage in thoughtful research in a fast-paced, high-energy office and those who wish to spread the education reform word through online networking, blogging, and video.
The District of Columbia Public Schools has opened the application process for the fall 2009 iteration of the Urban Education Leadership Program. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until September 18 for an internship position that would last until December 2009. You can find more information here.
Are you bright, witty, a great writer, and detail oriented? Then you just may be perfect for our research internships. Fordham is currently seeking summer interns to help us with research, commentary, and office duties.
...Is a panel of Fordham Trustees (featuring David Driscoll, Bruno Manno, Rod Paige, and Diane Ravitch) on February 23 from 4:30-5:45. The topic: whether NCLB damaged school accountability--and if President Obama can mend it.
This week, Mike and Rick chat about MBA principals, New York City's data-tracking, and what else ails Dallas. Education News of the Weird is personality driven. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
This week, Mike and guest host Dave DeSchryver, who is on facebook, talk growth models, Ohio's teachers, and Chicago's military. We chat with the Cato Institute's Neal McCluskey, and Education News of the Weird is well-rounded. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
The Wall Street Journal’s Gerald F. Seib is wise in the ways of Washington and practiced at reading its political entrails. But is he right to think that K–12 education is the great centrist issue of 2010--and that it will reignite the Democrats’ prospects by appealing to independents and least a few Republicans? Hmmm.
The mylifeisabout (MLIA) project, an online/in-class interactive program for teens based on Stedman Graham’s New York Times Bestseller, Teens Can Make It Happen, and his “9- Step Success Process,” is seeking a writer experienced in lesson plan design.
This week, Petrilli and guest co-host Palmieri ponder DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's new teaching and learning standards, Los Angeles's school outsourcing plan, and Detroit's attempt to solve bankruptcy by spending more money. Then Amber tells us about a new EEPA study on curriculum similarity and Mickey sits in on Rate that Reform with a mass dress code fiasco.
February 20th at 4:00 p.m. is when Fordham will host a can't-miss discussion about our forthcoming collective bargaining study. Our panel: Bill Raabe, the National Education Association director of collective bargaining and member advocacy; Terry Grier, superintendent of Guilford County Schools; and Gail Littlejohn from the Center for Reform of School Systems.
This week, Mike and Rick contemplate the future of the Washington Consensus, graduation rates, and the much debated ed sec pick. Amber then knocks the new Ed Sector 21st Century Skills report down to size and Rate that Reform talks high school serial killers.
In last week’s editorial (“Chinese alarm bells,” May 13, 2010), we erroneously attributed 325 Chinese "guest teachers" to Asia Society's network. Guest teachers are provided to Asia Society and other Confucius Classroom programs through the College Board and other sources.
Mike and Rick are manifestoed out, and instead talk shop on election implications, campaign contributions, and color-blind admissions. Amber jazzes up the pension reform debate, and Chris asks which witch is which.
As Americans turn their wondering eyes to the second round of Race to the Top, an unlikely front-runner has emerged: Greece. Struggling with billions of Euros in debt and looking for a lifeline, top Greek government officials have been spotted at 400 Maryland Avenue.
We're back! This week, Mike and Rick discuss unionized charter schools, bailing out state education funds, and Bush's education legacy. Then Amber tells us about a new study of Boston charter schools and Rate That Reform gets fishy.
This week, Mike and Rick talk about time machines, fedora-wearing politicos, and the benefits of sucking up. Checker Finn stops by and grants us an interview, and Education News of the Weird is, once again, purely puerile, even disgusting. Happy holidays, listeners!
Promising that its work will “leverage Uncle Sam to new heights,” the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it will play an even larger role in the federal Department of Education.
This week, Mike and Rick talk about Louisiana's standardized tests, Seattle's about face on race, and teacher dissent in Denver. Jeff Kuhner makes a big announcement, and Education News of the Weird takes the road less traveled. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
Village Academies is a network of promising New York City charter schools founded on the belief that, with demanding curricula and high expectations, all students have the opportunity to learn and achieve academic excellence.
Common Core has released an open letter to promoters of a 21st century skill-based curriculum, and the organization P21 in particular, entitled “A Challenge to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.” The letter argues that a curriculum based around skills, such as the one
