AYP, HQT, etc.
In last week's News and Analysis ("NCLB Watch: Will the center rise again?"), Michael J. Petrilli inaccurately characterized the reauthorization bill put forward by Senators Lieberman, Landrieu, and Coleman.
Bad timing
At exclusive Mills College in the upscale Oakland foothills, arriving fashionably late to meetings, lattes in hand, is considered good form. At American Indian Charter School in crime-ridden downtown Oakland, tardiness brings a swift kick in the derrière--latte or no.
Big George's big speech
Just as a centrist consensus around NCLB reauthorization appeared to be in sight (see
The Dissenting Tradition in American Education
James C. Carper and Thomas C. HuntPeter Lang Publishing, Inc. 2007
Status of Education in Rural America
Martin A. Davis, Jr.National Center for Education Statistics, Institute for Education SciencesJuly 2007
New York City Charter Schools
Coby LoupCaroline M. Hoxby and Sonali MurarkaNational Bureau of Economic ResearchJuly 2007
Norton v. parents
Gadfly has heretofore expressed no opinion about the District of Columbia's lack of representation in Congress. But the latest crusade of Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District's nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives, makes one think that perhaps D.C. shouldn't have a vote. Norton is trying to kill the D.C.
"Buying in" with Obama
Michael J. PetrilliTwo weeks ago, I escaped from Washington's oppressive humidity and headed with my wife's family to New Hampshire's Lake Sunapee. Like any Granite State vacationer I hoped for sunny days, cool, relaxing nights, and, of course, a visit from a major presidential candidate.
Cash only
Maryland has taken a profound and laudable step. At least the judiciary has. The state's Court of Appeals ruled, in a 7-2 decision, that charter schools should receive as much money per pupil as regular public schools.
Clearing out the rubbish
When Gadfly did graduate work in Britain, he was subjected to English teaching strategies ostensibly suited to his personality, lifestyle, and compound eyes.