Out-of-Field Teaching, Educational Inequality, and the Organization of Schools: An Exploratory Analysis
Richard M. Ingersoll, Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, University of WashingtonJanuary 2002
Richard M. Ingersoll, Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, University of WashingtonJanuary 2002
Philanthropist Eli Broad has engaged Michigan Governor John Engler and Detroit Public Schools CEO Kenneth Burnley in an effort to recruit and train dynamic leaders from business, the military, and other backgrounds to run urban school districts. Three dozen executives and educators are enrolled in the Broad Center for Superintendents' first class of aspiring school system executives.
Loretta Kelley and Cathy Ringstaff, WestEd2002
Andrew Sum, Irwin Kirsch and Robert Taggart, Policy Information Center, Educational Testing ServiceFebruary 2002
Chang-Tai Hsieh and Miguel Urquiola, National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityJanuary 2002
Edited by Iris Weiss, Michael Knapp, Karen Hollweg and Gail Burrill, National Research Council2001
Secretary Rod Paige has just released a five-year strategic plan for the U.S. Department of Education that seeks to bring real accountability to the Department's own functions. Combining elements of the No Child Left Behind Act with the President's management agenda, the plan sets six strategic goals for the agency, each with specific objectives and performance measures.
Yesterday, a House education subcommittee "marked up" H.R. 3801, which was recently introduced by subcommittee chairman Michael Castle (R-Delaware), committee chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio) and several other GOP congressmen.