Mike and Rick tackle Duncan’s secret RTTT panels, the impact of Obama’s “spending freeze,” and leadership voids in a few left-of-center ed policy shops. Then Amber explains the new OECD findings and Rate that Reform goes red.
This week, Mike and Rick debate D.C. vouchers, L.A. walkout, and PA exit exams. Jeff Kuhner defends an accused terrorist, and Education News of the Weird is the blade that stands up gets mowed down. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
This week, Mike and Rick talk about NAEP, militant Miami soccer moms, and a Fordham report's long-lost twin. Our interview is holier than thou, and News of the Weird goes Sub-Saharan. Click here to listen through our website and view past editions.
Should computer algorithms determine our national English curriculum? That’s what E.D. Hirsch wants to know when he raises this shockingly relevant--if absurd--question in his evaluation of the draft “Common Core” college-ready standards. The standards, in his view, have several pluses.
Common Good has set up a new webpage, EdWatch, that tracks "recent news and commentary illustrating how laws, rules, and regulations are affecting public education." It's well worth checking out.
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation this week announced the creation of two annual $25,000 prizes to be awarded to individuals who have made extraordinary accomplishments in education scholarship and reform. The Foundation is seeking nominations for these new prizes, which will first be awarded in January 2003. A prize committee will choose the winners.
At the release of the National Math Panel report last month, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics president Prancis "Skip" Fennel-pollen argued that just as "plastics" was the catchword of The Graduate, "fractions" should be the catchword for today's teachers.
Schoolwide reform is capturing the attention of policymakers, parents and educators across the nation, and Congress is appropriating huge sums to promote the adoption of dozens of "whole school" designs. But how to choose among these designs? Better By Design, written by distinguished journalist James Traub and published by the Thomas B.
The brand new Institute of Education Sciences (which replaced the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement) has announced that it seeks to award over $90 million in new grants to support research on teacher quality, reading comprehension, effective math education, character development, preschool curricula, and other topics.
The brand new Institute of Education Sciences (which replaced the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement) has announced that it seeks to award over $90 million in new grants to support research on teacher quality, reading comprehension, effective math education, character development, preschool curricula, and other topics.
San Francisco's New Schools Ventures Fund - a high-impact education philanthropy fund that invests in scalable non-profit and for-profit ventures, especially in underserved communities - is seeking an Associate Partner to assist the CEO in supporting and developing its network of educators, philanthropists, policy makers, entrepreneurs and business leaders.
On May 16th, the U.S. Department of Education's flagship television show, Education News Parents Can Use, will focus on the latest No Child Left Behind tools available for parents. Topics will include SES and school choice. Concerned moms and dads, take note. The program will air at 8 p.m. and last one hour.
The New York City Charter School Center has an opening for a VP for Policy and Advocacy. The ideal candidate has strategic, tactical and managerial capability.
Mike and Rick are finally back in the studio together this week as they discuss Diane Ravitch’s use of NAEP data to raise doubts about charters, Rick and Checker’s piece on stimulus funding, and new charter changes in Massachusetts. Then Amber tells us about a new NBER evaluation of the Harlem Children’s Zone and Rate that Reform bans texting while driving.
Gadfly has learned that Nina Shokraii Rees, the head of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII), will exit her post and head into the private sector come mid-January.
Or so argue Mike and Rick in their new article in Policy Review. But we hope you don't get lost on the way to the accompanying event, "Left at the Altar," to be held at AEI on February 5, 2009 from 1:00-2:30 pm; you'd be missing a fabulous set of speakers and the presentation of a provocative thesis.
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has just released a research brief dispelling myths about how charter schools are a financial drain on districts and communities. Check it out here.
Eager to learn how the midterm elections will affect the nation’s education scene? Join AEI scholars next Tuesday, November 9, from 9:00 to 10:30 AM for a discussion on this pressing topic. Learn more or register here.
The Louis Calder Foundation is seeking proposals from charters, parochial schools, charter management organizations, and community-based partnerships to develop “content based core curriculum education programs.” They hope that supporting more organizations delivering strong content-based curricula will encourage others to follow suit.
Fordham is seeking winter/spring interns for both research and new media work in our D.C. office. If you’re an education policy savant with strong research or computer media skills, we’ve got just the opportunity for you.
Fordham is offering grants of between $15,000 and $25,000 to advanced doctoral students, junior faculty members, and suchlike pursuing research related to the courts and k-12 education. Find out more, here.
The Starship Enterprise Institute is this week hosting yet another panel--yes, our old friend Hick will moderate as usual--featuring similar types of people who w
50CAN, which seeks to expand the ConnCAN (Connecticut Campaign for Achievement Now) model of state-based education reform advocacy into all fifty states, has openings for multiple mid-career positions in both DC and NYC.
The Washington Latin School—a 5-12 college preparatory school in D.C.—seeks a Director of Community Relations/Admissions to serve as a member of the school’s Senior Administrative Team, and also seeks an Assistant to the Head Master.
Thomas Carroll, one of New York’s leading charter school directors, has just sent out a memo to fellow charter network operators in the Empire State urging them not to participate in Race to the Top.
Hard education news was skimpy at year’s end, so the New York Times education beat folks must have been catching up on their reading--of the Gadfly, at least.
This discussion sure will be a party (though dry until 5 pm—after the panel!).
The Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University believes that data can make a difference in education reform. Do you have the analytic and leadership skills to turn this vision into reality? Then you might be the ideal candidate for their Strategic Data Fellowship, a two-year program that places participants into full-time paid analytic leadership roles on the district level.
Are you a graduate student itching to give an urban superintendent some new ideas? Are you hoping that supe will listen? The District of Columbia public schools are is looking for 3-5 person graduate-student teams to submit case studies on how the district can more effectively engage and motivate the public towards education reform.
Want to become a principal at an urban school? Apply for a New Leaders Fellowship by February 4. Details are at www.nlns.org. Want to start and lead a charter school? The Fisher School Leadership Program is recruiting leaders now. Apply at www.kipp.org by March 15.
