Quotable and notable
?I don't know of another time when we've done as much education reform in Connecticut as we've done tonight..? ? Connecticut State Representative Jason Bartlett ?Spurred by the Lure of Federal Aid, House Approves Major Education Reforms,? Connecticut Mirror
More damage control from Arne Duncan
Michael J. PetrilliThe campaign continues to dispel the myth that ?stakeholder buy-in? is the key to winning Round Two of Race to the Top.
Quotable and notable
?We've never had an agreement fully implemented.? ? George Parker, President, Washington (DC) Teachers, on the new DC teachers contract
Quotable and notable
?We're never going to be like France, where the education minister can look at his watch and tell you what every fourth grader is doing.??Terry W. Hartle, Senior Vice President at the American Council on Education
CA's RTT mistake
Like Connecticut before it, California learned the wrong lesson regarding its rejected round one RTT application.
Rick Hess on Cleveland's ?Sound of Ideas? show
This morning Rick Hess, Fordham friend and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, was a guest on the Sound of Ideas show on Cleveland's public radio station, WCPN (tune in around minute 34:00).
Education news nuggets
Some of today's news makes me happy (like Deborah Gist making Time's Top 100, graduation going green
Quotable and notable
?I think this is full of baloney.? ? Andrew Pallotta, Executive Vice President, New York State United Teachers
Commencement challenge down to three
Today, the White House announced the three finalists in the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge: Clark Montessori Junior & Senior High School?(Cincinnati, OH) Kalamazoo Central High School (Kalamazoo, MI)
Education news nuggets
President Obama announces his Teacher of the Year just as we gear up for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Quotable and notable
?Teachers should speak good grammar because kids pick up on what they hear.? Where you draw the line is debatable.? ?Johanna Haver, English-language immersion proponent
Is this really happening?
A major Chicago voucher program is gaining steam in the Illinois legislature. This is highly unexpected but absolutely fantastic.
Is this really happening?
A major Chicago voucher program is gaining steam in the Illinois legislature. This is highly unexpected but absolutely fantastic. The city can continue to support the district's reform efforts, expand chartering, and give kids options in the private schools sector as well.
Last chance to vote in the White House Commencement Challenge!
Just a reminder that today is the last day to vote for the White House's Race to the Top Commencement Challenge. The winning high school will receive a visit from President Obama where he will speak at their commencement.
Education news nuggets
PowerPoint is making us stupid, vending machines are making us fat, and students are addicted to texting
Education news nuggets
PowerPoint is making us stupid, vending machines are making us fat, and students are addicted to texting
KY, charters, and RTT
Stafford PalmieriThis article demonstrates perfectly how a state chief can be torn between reform and buy-in as he/she seeks to win RTT ?funds.
Quotable and notable
???The federal government should stay out of the way of these efforts. As we work on the reauthorization of ESEA, we should find ways to assist states, not require or coerce them, with this difficult, but important, work.??? ???Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyoming
Quotable and notable
?The federal government should stay out of the way of these efforts. As we work on the reauthorization of ESEA, we should find ways to assist states, not require or coerce them, with this difficult, but important, work.? ?Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyoming
AP: A Critical Examination of the Advanced Placement Program
Janie ScullPhilip M. Sadler, Gerhard Sonnert, Robert H. Tai, and Kristin Klopfenstein, eds.Harvard Education Press2010
Avoiding a senior moment
Is this the beginning of the end for last hired, first fired? At least a few cities facing budgetary difficulties have come to an obvious realization: Firing teachers based on seniority rather than performance is going to seriously damage the quality of their respective workforces.
Teacher Quality Moderates the Genetic Effects on Early Reading
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.J. Taylor, A.D. Roehrig, B. Soden Hensler, C.M. Connor, C. Schatschneider Science Magazine April 23, 2010
Creating a New Teaching Profession
Daniela FairchildDan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway, eds.Urban Institute Press2009
The half-broken promise of charter school autonomy
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.Nearly twenty years ago, legislators in Minnesota birthed the charter-school movement swaddled in a “grand bargain": These innovative public schools would deliver solid academic results in return for the freedom to do it their own way.
The new "right"
The U.K. may be America’s Motherland, but here’s one thing the Brits can learn from the Yankees: School choice alone is a mediocre route to school improvement. The British backlash to testing and accountability is both notable and understandable—and remarkably like the American response to the failings of No Child Left Behind. But whereas the U.S.