A recent ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati concluded that teachers' in-classroom curricular decisions are not protected by the First Amendment.?
Since improving low-performing, inner-city schools is arguably the chief education challenge presently facing policymakers and the nation, one might expect education school professors to emphasize teaching strategies as they relate to disadvantaged and struggling students. But as our?
Rick Hess summons the ghosts of Bernie Madoff to illustrate the obscene? ?deal? that?
This fall, fourth-graders throughout Virginia opened their history textbooks, Our Virginia: Past and Present, to the following passage on the Civil War:
Thinking of skipping school to enjoy the final days of good weather? Well, you might want to think again.
?There are a lot of benefits to this [value-added] approach, but the science of the methodology at this point isn't where it should be to attach teachers names to it.? ?Douglas Ready, Professor, Columbia University's Teacher College
Well?.no real resolution today on whether or not New York City can release the names and ratings of its teachers.
Trying to?increase parental involvement in schools is a?laudable goal, but? threatening parents?with jail time if they repeatedly miss parent-teacher conferences? Really? According to this CNN report, a county prosecutor in Michigan is proposing a law that would do just that.
Gotham Schools is reporting that the NYC's teachers union did indeed file suit earlier today, seeking to prevent the city from publicly releasing the effectiveness ratings (and names) of its teachers.
In case you haven't heard, there's a pretty?big tussle going on in NYC over whether education officials there should be allowed to publicly release the performance info/ratings of the city's teachers.
The Washington Post's Answer Sheet blog will tell you. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
The New York City teachers' union is requesting a ?restraining order? that would block the release of ?reports that rank thousands? of its members ?based on how much progress students made on state standardized tests,? reports the New York Times.
Doug Lemov's Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College offers teachers nitty-gritty tips and tools for improving effectiveness in the classroom?and it made a big splash this past spring and summer, rising to one of the top-selling books on Amazon
Why was I not surprised to read the Education Week story on a new federal study, ?the largest?to date,?
Surprise! Mayoral control is no panacea
Poor kids do better when they live in affluent neighborhoods
Americans have a lot to learn about learning disabilities
iPhones for toddlers? Just how young is too young? No wonder youngsters are having difficulty paying attention and thinking critically these days.
?The greatest crime in education is accepting the status quo, and Baltimore Superintendent Andr?s Alonso and the Baltimore Teachers Union deserve a lot of credit for crafting this bold proposal.? Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education
The U.S. secretary of education is feeling just fine about the proposed teacher contract in Baltimore, thank you very much. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
Yesterday Randi Weingarten was interviewed by host Neal Conan on NPR's Talk of the Nation. Had I been listening, and had I learned that Weingarten was the program's guest, I would have turned the dial.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ?has reportedly offered the former District of Columbia's schools chancellor the job of New Jersey education commissioner.? ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
Fordham's recent survey of education-school professors, Cracks in the Ivory Tower? The Views of Education Professors Circa 2010, reveals a remarkable openness among teachers of teachers to many K-12 reform initiatives sweeping the reform landscape today.
