Over the falls: Nepotism in Niagara
There's a big fight at the Niagara Falls Board of Education, where it seems that a preferred perk of membership is getting a wife, daughter, son, or other relative a job with the schools.
There's a big fight at the Niagara Falls Board of Education, where it seems that a preferred perk of membership is getting a wife, daughter, son, or other relative a job with the schools.
?Public schools are always given the gift of time. But we can't continue to be given the gift of time if that time greatly impacts the success of students in schools today.? * -Lynn Black, Head of Schools for Hoosier Academies
I could begin this entry in much the same way as my last one, about superintendent types in large cities, because
In the education-reform movement there have always been two schools of thought?when there aren't a dozen?about what makes a good reform superintendent.
That's the headline in a Winston-Salem Journal editorial today advising North Carolina legislators to get ?education? out of the lottery, as in North Carolina Education Lottery.
?As the current economic crisis dries up Nevada's budget, leaders should be looking for some streams in the desert. School choice not only would quench their thirst for savings, it also would lead families to an oasis of quality educational opportunities.? *
The northeast may be paralyzed by a snow storm today, but teacher evaluation news goes on. ?
Boys may be having trouble learning how to read, but at least we've come up with ?flash mob?
Here's the Gadfly piece Peter mentioned in his ?Coin of the Realm? post, in full:
The new Gadfly has an essay by Robert Pondiscio that must be read.
Want to know what 2011 will bring to the field of education reform? I'm no fortune teller, but I'm happy to offer these educated guesses.
In an editorial this morning on Andrew Cuomo's tax-cap proposal (see background from Peter Meyer here and
Think your classroom is safe? Perhaps not, according to the EPA. And if you're not a fan of NCLB, here are the parts that should be ?left behind?.
?It's not a lack of new initiatives, it's too many initiatives, and no sense of what's working.'' -Robert Manwaring, Senior Policy Analyst, Education Sector, on school reform efforts
Review: The 2010 Broad Prize: Thirty Large Urban School Districts Show Better Relative Academic Performance Than Their States for African-American, Hispanic, or Low-Income Students
This is the kind of story that makes you appreciate the serendipity of the morning newspaper: The education sector, and especially the School Construction Authority, has become big business in the world of New York City real estate.
Fordham's new report, Are Bad Schools Immortal?, shows the folly of school turnaround efforts ??? only 1.4 percent of district schools and less than 1 percent of charters that have undergone turnaround efforts have done so successfully.
While some schools struggle with teacher absences, other schools focus on student absences?financial i
?The effectiveness of a teacher is far and away the single greatest determinant in closing the shameful achievement gap.? * Christopher D. Cerf, Incoming Education Commissioner of New Jersey
In my previous post about the property tax cap proposed for New York State, I neglected to mention a new report by the New York State School Boar
In their clear-headed if ominous essay, ?A Warning for All Who Would Listen,? in Stretching the School Dollar, James Guthrie and Arthur Peng point out that the ?hundred-year era of perpetual per-pupil fiscal growth? is over.
Central Falls High School, the embattled Rhode Island school that made headlines this past spring when the district's superintendent and school board attempted to fire all the teachers and school administration, has
This email landed in my inbox over the weekend. I know it's a ?pitch,? but still, it's a little over the top, don't you think? And an eight page spread of never-before-seen photos? Education reform has really gone glitzy. Dear Mike,
Isn't it supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year? Apparently not for everyone.
?Everyone went to school, so everyone thinks they are an expert, but they don't understand how hard it is to be a good teacher.'' * Christopher Cerf, nominated to become New Jersey's next Education Commissioner
The foreword to our Tracking and Detracking report (December, 2009) is quoted prominently in a recent Chicago Tribune editorial.
My friend Barry Garelick has a great take on the meaning of the recent American scores on the PISA tests.?