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The Obama education strategy: Hire the reformers, bail out the states, buy off the unions
That's what it's starting to look like, at least if the rumors swirling around Washington have any merit.
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Left at the Altar? The Bush Legacy on K-12 Education
Our favorite podcast hosts, Mike and Rick, will be discussing President Bush's education legacy at an American Enterprise Institute-hosted event in February. Take a look at the agenda: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
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Successful schools and education reform
I ran across an informative interview with Washington Post's Jay Mathews about his new book,
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Informing the Debate: Comparing Boston's Charter, Pilot, and Traditional Schools
A. Abdulkadiroglu, J. Angrist, S. Cohodes, S. Dynarski, J. Fullerton, T. Kane, P. PathakThe Boston FoundationJanuary 2009
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National Assessment of Adult Literacy: Indirect County and State Estimates of the Percentage of Adults at the Lowest Literacy Level for 1992 and 2003
L. Mohadjer, G. Kalton, T. Krenzke, B. Liu, W. Van de Kerck, L. Li, D. Sherman, J. Dillman, J. RaoNational Center for Education StatisticsJanuary 2009
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No news is good news
Arne Duncan's Senate confirmation hearing this week was by all accounts a smashing success--if you define "success" as making no waves, upsetting no constituents, and sending no signals about the Obama Administration's intentions in the education sphere.
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Purrrrrfectly crazy
Fishing enthusiasts beware. No longer will you find salmon, trout, catfish, or your other favorite scaly friend at the end of your line. If People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have their way, you'll be reeling in a sea kitten. What's a sea kitten, you ask? It's PETA's new name for fish.
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Competitive crunch
It should come as no surprise that the economy has become the excuse de jour for all sorts of bad policy.
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Did Bush hurt the charter movement by trying to help it?
It's ironic. The Bush administration, a strong proponent of school choice, may have done more harm than good in its quest to help the charter school movement. At least, the Bush administration failed to meaningfully move the charter sector forward beyond the improvements made under President Clinton. How could that be?
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A bailout for private schools?
Don't bank on it, but public schools aren't the only ones feeling the pinch from our current economic crisis. Budget woes have also seen private school enrollments drop and financial aid costs rise. "We just couldn't keep writing the check," explains San Francisco parent Cynthia Hogan.
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Voc not a joke
Is there any education miracle that Massachusetts didn't perform over the past ten years? Here's another one: reinventing vocational education, public schools' oft forgotten and woefully downtrodden wayward cousin. But this ain't your grandpa's voc ed.
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Never misunderestimate the AFT
My initial reaction to the news (here and here ) that teachers at a KIPP school in New York City h
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Love NCLB? You're in luck!
I spent yesterday afternoon on Capitol Hill and it confirmed what I already suspected: Washington is in complete paralysis around the No Child Left Behind act.
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One question for Arne Duncan (answer provided too!)
The New America Foundation beat me to the punch with its "20 Questions for the Secretary-Designate." They are pretty good, if somewhat leading.
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And you thought pay-for-performance was unpopular?
Just think if this idea made its way to the k-12 system: ???A&M to base bonuses on student input???!
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No news is good news
As Amy implies below, Arne Duncan's Senate confirmation hearing was by all accounts a smashing success-i
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NCLB, the federal bailout....and chickens?
Check out these two articles that each quote our own Mike Petrilli. A Christian Science Monitor piece dissects the Bush legacy on domestic policy issues, including education. Mike jumps in to discuss NCLB.
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Duncan in the spotlight
According to the New York Times coverage of Arne Duncan's Senate confirmation hearing this morning, the education secretary-designate to
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What to expect from Arne Duncan confirmation hearing
In case you'd like to go to the movies today, take a cooking class, get some exercise,??or simply enjoy a long nap, here's what we can expect from the Arne Duncan confirmation hearing.
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Re: Can our schools afford a "haircut"?
Should the federal government bail-out state education budgets? Or would budget cuts be good for schools? The debate goes on.
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Checker on NBC Nightly News
Checker appeared on NBC Nightly News Jan. 9 to share his thoughts on education reform and President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus package.
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Margaret to Arne: stand strong
Spellings offered this advice to Duncan in this morning's Washington Post:??
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Can our schools afford a "haircut"?
Not surprisingly, our editorial arguing that budget cuts are good for schools has stirred plenty of commen