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Commentary
10.8.2009

Worth the read

New NY education commissioner Steiner fails first test? Wise cautions about "innovation" and the i3 from former IES head Whitehurst Good Toppo article??on Latino aspiration gap

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10.8.2009

Good i3 webinar

ED just hosted a webinar on the i3, led by OII head Jim Shelton. Though the basic information in the presentation tracked faithfully with the priorities document (so nothing terribly new or different), some of the Q&A was quite interesting.

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10.8.2009

Today's Quotable and Notable

Quotable: "I just don't want to see us sell our soul as we are racing to the top and not making philosophical decisions along the way." - Connecticut School Board Vice Chairwoman Janet Finneran

Commentary
10.8.2009

Unwanted vacation in paradise

What should schools do in the face of massive budget cuts? Not what they’re doing in Hawaii, that’s for sure.

Commentary
10.7.2009

TFA's Western Front

The Boston Teachers Union offensive against Teach For America continues.

Commentary
10.7.2009

Poor extrapolation

The tragic and violent death of Chicago honors student Derrion Albert raced across YouTube and internet news.

Commentary
10.7.2009

Positive tracking

At Sam Placentino Elementary School in Holliston, Mass., a significant number of parents enroll their kids in programs that are basically guaranteed to reduce their child’s state test scores. In an interesting twist on the idea of parental choice, the school offers three separate pedagogical tracks: traditional, Montessori, and French immersion.

Commentary
10.7.2009

Stars by which to navigate?

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.

It might actually happen. Planets and stars are beginning to align. Some sort of national education standards may actually become a reality.It’s a heavy lift, to be sure, but the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, in partnership with Achieve, ACT, and the College Board, have embarked on just such an undertaking.

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10.7.2009

Sweet tooth police

Step away from the snickerdoodles. Banish the brownies--and the blondies. This is the Big Apple, not the Big Glazed Apple Cinnamon Fritter. In a nod to healthier living, the New York City Department of Education has effectively banned bake sales--that ubiquitous fundraising staple of soccer teams, debate clubs, and school bands.

Commentary
10.7.2009

i3

Yesterday, ED released its "proposed priorities" for the Investing in Innovation (or i3) fund, a $650 million program embedded in the federal stimulus legislation.??I give the document a full treatment here, but??here's a quick and dirty explanation and analysis with a bit of

Commentary
10.7.2009

Today's Quotable and Notable

Quotable: "There's a history of violence associated with moving kids from one area to another.?? You have a trail of blood and tears ever since they launched (Renaissance 2010)." - Tio Hardiman, director of CeaseFire Illinois

Commentary
10.6.2009

Interview with Andy....

Here's a recent??interview with Fordham Institute's Andy Smarick about NCLB prospects and the administration. It ran this week on Ednews.org.

Commentary
10.6.2009

Extra stimulus dollars

Schools and non-profits can get extra stimulus dollars, Libby Quaid of the AP reported this afternoon. The Department of Ed today issued rules for a $650 million competitive grant fund for school reform, according to the piece.

Commentary
10.5.2009

Interesting tidbits

Good thoughts from the Hassels on how to manage the distribution of quality that results from charter start-ups. ??(And they continue our??Montague-Capulet turnaround battle here.)

Commentary
10.5.2009

Today's Quotable and Notable

Notable: 388 Number of employees being laid off by Washington, DC public schools in the face of recent budget cuts, according to a statement released Friday. The number includes 229 teachers, or roughly 5% of all DCPS faculty.

Commentary
10.5.2009

Testing one laptop per child in Uruguay

Nearly all the 380,000 primary school students in Uruguay have received a simple laptop in the past year, but will it actually help the students learn more? The first test comes later this month, when students take online exams in a variety of subjects.

Commentary
10.2.2009

From the (dusty) to-read pile

If you're like me, you spend most of your limited reading time on the latest reports and articles. My book project, however, has given me a reason to go back and read some of the classics of the field, and I'm much better for it.

Commentary
10.2.2009

Jobs program

It really is quite startling how our public schools, especially their central offices, have expanded personnel rolls over the last half century or so.

Commentary
10.1.2009

Quiz: The courts and education - How much do you know?

What city's school district first filed suit againt the No Child Left Behind act? About how many education-related decisions are rendered each year by state and federal judges? Take our online quiz and test your knowledge of the U.S. courts' involvement in education.

Commentary
10.1.2009

Today's Quotable and Notable

Quotable: "By no means are we saying that we're in nirvana; there's a long way to go. But as a nation, if we ask schools to narrow the achievement gap and that's what the schools are doing, we should give them credit for it."