Andrew Sum and Paul Harrington, The Business RoundtableMay 2003
Andrew Sum, Irwin Kirsch and Robert Taggart, Policy Information Center, Educational Testing ServiceFebruary 2002
Anthony G. Picciano and Jeff SeamanSloan ConsortiumJanuary 2009
Association for Unsupervised Curriculum DevelopmentMarch 2008
Barbara Means, Christine Padilla, and Larry GallagherOffice of Planning, Evaluation and Policy DevelopmentU.S. Department of EducationJanuary 2010
Center on Education Policy2006
Chad AldemanEducation SectorJanuary 2010
Charles M. PayneHarvard Education Press2008Charles M. PayneHarvard Education Press2008
Christine Campbell, You're Leaving? Succession and Sustainability in Charter Schools (Seattle, WA: National Charter School Research Project, Center on Reinventing Public Education, November 2010).
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy and U.S. Department of EducationNovember 2002
Doug McAdam and Cynthia Brandt, Stanford UniversitySocial ForcesFebruary 2010
Earlier this week, The Education Gladfly gained access to a confidential memo from Education Secretary Arne Duncan to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel about the first round of Race to the Top. Due to its obvious implications for education policy, we reproduce it here in full.
Editorial Projects in EducationJanuary 2010
Editor's Note: The following letter is in response to the Recommended Reading,"Measures of success," and podcast segment from the November 13, 2008 edition of the Education Gadfly.To the Editor:
Editor's note: We found this letter from Dr. John J. Johnson, EdD., head of the Orange River Regional School District in Pitchfork, Tennessee, to be a particularly compelling depiction of the opportunities and hardships now facing school systems across the land. It is reprinted here in full, with Dr. J's permission.Dear Faculty and Staff,
On Wednesday, July 11th, from 2 to 3 p.m., join Education Week for an online conversation about principals and The Autonomy Gap. A few days before the chat, you can go here to submit your questions. Should be a lively discussion!
This week, Mike and guest co-host, education advocate Dave Deschryver, chat about why management matters, why Checker Finn is not the only conservative in Washington, and why we'll have two more years to criticize NCLB. Education News of the Weird is out of the office and will have inconsistent email access.
This week, Mike and guest co-host Coby Loup of the Fordham Foundation talk about Catholic schools, prison schools, and fat schools. Jeff Kuhner is outraged by bus drivers who can't hold it, and Education News of the Weird is, too. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
The Pioneer Institute, which researches free markets and not covered wagons, is holding a competition to improve the government--specifically, how the government can improve education. Winners can win $10,000! Hurry: the deadline is April 7. Information is available here.
GreatSchools, a Bay Area non-profit that works to encourage parental involvement, is seeking a new COO. (You may have heard of their stellar website, GreatSchools.org.) This individual would report directly to the CEO and founder, and oversee organizational strategy, development of new projects, and recruitment of high-quality staff to the GreatSchools family.
This week, we welcome guest co-host Andy Smarick to the show. He and Mike discuss test scores in New York, preliminary results of Roland Fryer's Sparks program, and giving out a diploma seventy-three years late.
Such an opportunity only comes around once in a while: To work for AEI’s Rick Hess. He’s hiring a new Research Assistant and he’s looking for you.
"I just got back from Joel Klein's address at the American Enterprise Institute (carried live on C-SPAN).
Here’s a general rule: when you see sentences like the one above, know to be very, very skeptical.
Two years ago I complained about the "apple ballot" that the Montgomery County Education Association distributed with its election-time endorsements.
