Connecticut-based reform organization ConnCAN is seeking a Chief Operating Officer. This person will lead and serve the ConnCAN team, managing its various arms, and mentoring, supporting, and overseeing its staff.
On this week's show, Mike and Rick debate whether Nancy Grasmick should run Baltimore's failing schools, why Robert Gordon wants to fire new teachers, and whether street protests teach students democracy in action. Plus, an interview with the author of this week's editorial, Nina Shokraii Rees.
Welcome back to Marci Kanstoroom, Fordham's onetime research director, who has returned on a part-time basis as senior research editor. We're ecstatic.
The vice principal at a San Diego tech-themed magnet middle school must not have been very hip, rad, phat, or da bomb diggity in the 90s. The slang-challenged fellow recently confused a student’s science project that was da bomb for being…a bomb.
Join us at the National Press Club on May 16th at 9 a.m., when we'll host a panel discussion about Fordham's recently-released report The Autonomy Gap. Experts will discuss the pitfalls and promise of effective school leadership.
Want to know what principals think about having more accountability demands placed upon them, yet no more autonomy to achieve the desired results? Then join us at the Press Club on May 16th from 9:30 to 11 to hear Hartford school superintendent Steven Adamowski (author of The Autonomy Gap) and a panel of observers and principals explain.
The Youth Leadership Foundation serves disadvantaged boys and girls from Washington's inner city through academic enrichment and character development. YLF is hosting its third annual benefit event at Maggiano's in Washington, D.C., on April 21st from 6-10 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person before April 14 or $40 per person at the door, and a portion of the ticket price is tax-deductible.
If you hadn’t caught wind, Fordham recently published a slimvolume on our experiences as a charter school authorizer in Ohio. What did we learn?
For free tickets to see “The Lottery,” that is. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is sponsoring a free screening this Friday, June 25, in Washington D.C. at 7:45 pm. NAPCS President Nelson Smith and “The Lottery” director Madeleine Sackler will speak afterwards.
This week, Mike and Rick demand more pledging, less union meddling, and longer speeches from Bill Gates. Our interview with Graham Down about liberal arts curricula is real, and it's spectacular, and Education News of the Weird is all about One Teacher's Left Behind. Fish rot from the head, we're told.
This week, Mike and Rick mock Malcolm Gladwell (and not because of his hair), praise the Washington Post's Jay Mathews, and demand the right to sleep. We've got an interview with scholar Hillel Fradkin, who talks about teaching 9/11 in schools. And Education News of the Weird is protected by both the First Amendment and Larry Flynt.
Rick and Amber are back, and what a show it is. First Rick and Mike discuss Diane Ravitch’s new book, the Central Falls firings, and whether Governors Crist and Jindal are in a pickle. Then, Amber gives us the scoop on Boston teacher hiring, firing, and retention stats and Rate that Reform crosses the pond.
If you missed last week’s explanatory event on the Common Core State Standards, featuring Jason Zimba (CCSSI mathematics work team) and David Coleman (CCSSI English language arts work team), we’ve got your back. The event video is now online.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss Michigan, bribery, and lingerie. The Aspen Institute's Gary Huggins stops by to chat about the Commission on No Child Left Behind, and News of the Weird is a flag in an army of women, or a liberating woman's street, or something like that.
This week, Mike and Rick contemplate Deval Patrick's appointment to the Achieve board, English language learners' stellar strides in Maryland and Virginia, and the chilly reality of a cold cheese sandwich. Then Amber tells us about a new math curriculum study from IES and Rate that Reform tackles classroom refrigeration.
On Monday, September 25th, the Commission on No Child Left Behind will hold its final hearing. The proceedings will begin at 9 a.m. at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium. Fordham's own Mike Petrilli will testify, along with a panel of education bigwigs and luminaries, and of course Reg Weaver.
This week saw the release of President Obama’s annual budget request, which outlines a proposal for overhauling the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a.k.a. No Child Left Behind.
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is pushing a bill to create a statewide charter district that could authorize charter schools anywhere in the state, which would then fund these schools directly, bypassing local districts entirely.
The Foundation for Excellence in Education and the James Madison Institute are hosting an education summit in Orlando next month, and they've booked some big names. Jeb Bush and his mom, among other luminaries, will be speaking. Learn about the event here.
Here's an original (and fallacious) thought: when times get rough, absolve children of the need to learn math. That, at least, is the story coming out of Oregon, where budget woes have allegedly forced the state to drop its brand-new graduation requirements in algebra, geometry, and statistics.
We appreciate Mike’s enthusiasm for Denver’s School of Science and Technology but would rather see President Obama give the commencement speech at Cincinnati’s Clark Montessori Junior and Senio
This week, Mike and Rick talk about big changes in the Big Apple, the rabble-rousing Charles Murray, and the time Mike dressed up as a cheerleader. Our interview is a sign of things to come, and News of the Weird gets medieval on you. Click here to listen through our website and view past editions.
I had the good fortune of attending the National Charter Schools Conference in Sacramento last week with 3,600 other school reformers, including some 80 who hailed from Ohio.
This week, Mike and the New America Foundation's Sara Mead discuss Spellings, Baltimore, and the NIEER. Jeff Kuhner is outraged about Pell Grants for rapists, and Education News of the Weird just can't hold it. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
Rick is out of retirement! He and Mike discuss the ascension of Senator Harkin to chair of the HELP committee, Philly's proposed changes for charter-school expansion, and the exodus of books from a prep school library. Then Amber tells us about the effects of Katrina evacuee students on the achievement of receiving schools and Rate that Reform disses MTV.
The National Science Foundation is looking to hire a program director to take charge of existing and emerging research programs in the Foundation's research, evaluation, and communication division. The division is responsible for a special program of math and science education research.
The New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, which supports charter schools in the Big Apple, is looking for a CEO. The desired candidate should have lots of experience in charter schools, significant senior management experience, and plenty of political savvy.
Late last week, word leaked that the Obama administration has secretly selected the peer reviewers for its $4.35 billion Race to the Top (RTT) fund but has no intention of publicly revealing the identities of these fifty-eight august personages.
The podcast team comes down with a case of World Cup fever, as Mike and Stafford discuss whether Gates is too powerful, if teachers’ unions should be charter authorizers, and the trouble with dropout recovery program accountability. Then Amber tells us about NCES’ charter impact study and Daniela makes a film in a school bathroom.
This week, Mike and Rick talk about loopholes, middle class whining, and tough love in the City of Brotherly Love. We have a trying interview, and there's something suspect about Education News of the Weird. If you think this podcast is going badly, don't worry: We've commissioned a Study Group.
