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Quizzing for reading data
I started my career teaching British, American, and world literature to high school kids.
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Reading First, miracle worker
While Americans feel no particular love for the U.S. Department of Education (see this graphic from Sunday's New York Times Magazine), I have found that, in education circles at least, particular scorn is heaped??upon state departments of education and their civil service employees.
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From the op-ed pages
The Wall Street Journal reviews Mark Bauerlein's new book, The Dumbest Generation, and Marion Barry defends vouchers for D.C.
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The dog that doesn't bark--or bite
"No Child Left Behind Lacks Bite." This is not exactly news to Flypaper readers, but it's great that the Wall Street Journal is spreading the word:
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Willful blindness at Quick and the Ed
Flypaper does not relish the role of policing The Quick and the Ed, but that blog's latest item simply demands rebutting.
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Crack in the voucher movement
Parental choice advocates might think that Sol Stern's critique of school vouchers has harmed the cause, but surely
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Teaching: Just as screwed up as sports
Malcolm Gladwell, kicking-off last week's New Yorker Conference, spoke about the mismatch problem--i.e., the hiring of people based on qualities or characteristics that have little or nothing to do with what delivers success in the position being filled.
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A thought-provoking analogy
Megan McArdle reflects thoughtfully on teachers unions today at Atlantic.com. I found this bit especially interesting:
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The dental hygiene gap
Today at a big wing-ding on federal education research sponsored by Education Sector and several other groups , former Deputy Secretary of Education Marshall (Mike) Smith agreed that it was probably a mistake to have carved the Education Department (ED) out of the old Department of Health, Education, and Welfare