On November 30, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM, Rick Hess, joined by an all-star line-up, will discuss education in the 21st century as it relates to his new book about previous centuries, The Same Thing Over and Over. Learn more and register here.
New Schools for New Orleans is recruiting a talented and diverse team of passionate people willing to do whatever it takes to build and sustain great schools. Current openings on the NSNO team include the following: Director of School Operations, Director of Instructional Quality, School Support Managers, and Director of School Investments.
To the Editor:Eric Osberg rightly noted in his excellent Education Gadfly editorial ("A byte at the apple," November 20, 2008) that--
Since the advent of the “Whole Foods Republican” (Mike Petrilli’s Green Tea Movement—hawkish on spending, dovish on the environment), Whole Foods stores across the land have turned into political battlefields.
Human capital discussions in education nowadays typically start with the problem of “incompetent” teachers and what to do about them.
If Waiting for ‘Superman’ has you ready to demolish the education status quo, head to Donewaiting.org to pick up a sledgehammer—or, at least, a pencil with which to sign their petition.
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, together with the National Center for Education and the Economy and the Progressive Policy Institute, will be holding a policy forum to explore ways to help local, state and federal education officials meet the expectations of the No Child Left Behind Act.
This week, Mike and Rick talk new Fordham reports, Baltimore, and résumé-building teachers. John Cronin stops by to talk about The Proficiency Illusion, and Education News of the Weird is under the gun. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
*/ table.MsoNormalTable { } --> The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's National Initiatives team will be incomplete until it hires a Policy Officer for Federal Advocacy. That person will work to construct and manage a diverse portfolio of the foundation's federal education policy work.
It's no new news that Scarsdale, NY has long disdained tests and suffered from an inflated ego on this topic as well. Its latest ploy to distinguish itself from the pack?
The District of Columbia's State Education Office (SEO) has two openings in its Policy Research and Analysis Division.
The Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the AmeriCorps service program, VISTA, and other programs, and will work closely with President Bush on the new USA Freedom Corps, is creating an in-house think tank to evaluate its programs and improve research related to volunteering, civic engagement, and the nonprofit sector.
In a rare cease-fire in education's long-running war of ideas, the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation announced this week that it has reached a negotiated settlement with the major publishers of history textbooks and state textbook adoption agencies.
Michelle Rhee's recent firing of Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty and the entire workforce of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has not gone without notice. Predictably, the usual suspects have found much about which to complain. "Why is the schools chancellor dismissing Metro employees?
This week, Mike and Rick discuss the ascent of Representative Kline to ranking minority leader on the House Committee on Education and Labor, Detroit Public Schools' dance with bankruptcy, and Duncan's emphasis on structural reforms.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss Rick's stunning confession that he can't read a word of the 37 books he's published, debate Ed Thrust's new "Highly Qualified Bus Driver" proposal, and decide education is an economically dead field.
Mike and Rick get serious about the D.C. and DE elections, and then dissect school suspension rates. Amber tackles high school reading programs and Rate that Reform transforms into a 3-D optical illusion.
He might wear Tevas, but Rick hasn’t left education for environmental policy. Instead, he’s presenting his new book, Education Unbound, which is about greenfield schooling, a.k.a., how to create more opportunities for education entrepreneurs.
Mike and Rick talk social promotion, portfolios, and closing down schools on Election Day. Then Amber tells about a new report from AIR and Stafford goes raw on Rate that Reform. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss the new NCLB regs, coupling collective bargaining with cutting district fat, and the controversial proposal for a gay high school in Chicago. Amber then enlightens us with her thoughts on the School Finance Redesign Project's new report and Rate that Reform talks Mustangs-motorized, not four-legged.
This week, Mike and Rick talk teachers, Crew, and food theft. Amber tells us about where stand charter schools in 2008, and Education News of the Weird is fighting against the power. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
This week, it’s all Rick all the time in his new Rick-only segment, “Bent Sideways with Rick Hess.” Hear him read aloud the last ten 1500-word “Straight Up” blog posts, which feature the word “I” a mere ninety-three times, in under twenty minutes.
This week, Mike and Rick debate the finer points of Maine constitutional law, pontificate on why Baltimore's school leaders refuse to learn from success stories in their midst, and put under the microscope PEN's new report about public opinion of NCLB. Nelson Smith discusses National Charter Schools Week, and News of the Weird has a serious case of Stockholm syndrome.
Mike and Rick discuss Obama's inaugural address, the stimulus package, and charter school costs. Then Amber updates us on the latest tracking of alternative teacher routes and Rate That Reform takes a week off to recover from inaugural ball hopping.
Andy Smarick, filling in for beach-bound Mike, and Rick discuss Arne Duncan's speech to the NEA, Deval Patrick's latest plan to turn around Massachusetts schools, and emphasizing more math in preschool. Then Amber tells us about an AIR report that compares the achievement of Massachusetts and Hong Kong and Rate that Reform talks weddings--between teacher and student!
Mike and Janie discuss David Steiner’s decision, opine about differentiated instruction, and attend a Tea Party. Amber goes global and Chris gives soccer the silent treatment.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss whether national standards are “conservative,” if Obama has expended his political capital on education policy, and what civil rights “accountability” in private schools could possibly look like.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss whether benchmarking state test scores against international assessments removes the need for a national test, the merits--or lack thereof--of tracking, and non-religious religious charter schools. Amber is off this week but Rate that Reform comes roaring in with a discussion of race-based rallies to pump students up pre-test day.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss whether we're getting $4 billion worth of education reform out of Race to the Top, the next big steps for the final Common Core Standards, and whether it's in the public's financial interest to reintegrate special education students into classrooms.
Mike and Rick answer life’s mysteries as they pertain to the election, OCR overreach, and publically-available teacher ratings. And if that’s not enough, Amber questions character education and Chris brings in the dogs.
