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Discuss: Is the "end of black politics" good for education reform?

I'm curious what my colleagues think; check out Matt Bai's New York Times Magazine piece on the inter-gener

This explains 99 percent of the NCLB backlash *

"Uptick in 'No Child' failures largely due to suburban schools"

The Democratic Party: No longer a fully owned subsidiary of the NEA and AFT?

Take a look at the text of an invitation that landed in my inbox a few hours ago, and tell me this isn't new and different: JOIN THE ED CHALLENGE FOR CHANGE

Amber's right: The "end of black politics" is good for school reform

My gambit this morning didn't work to spark a full-fledged office debate, but I did

Day Two of the 2008 Education Olympics

The first medals were awarded today, with Nordic countries--Norway, Finland, and Iceland--stealing the show. The United States--winner so far of 9 golds, 3 silvers, and 2 bronzes in the athletic competitions--has yet to take home a medal in the Education Olympics. Find more coverage at edolympics.net.

In consideration of Mike's request to consider

Mike links to this fascinating article by Matt Bai in yesterday's NYT and

Now that's the Olympic spirit

A clink of the five rings goes out to "Doug" and "Nancy," who both had some fun with our Education Olympics Games on Eduwonkette yesterday: First Doug:

Is NCLB-style pressure turning teenagers into druggies?

Stressed!

That's how American teens are feeling, according to the latest State of our Nation's Youth survey by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans.

The 2008 Education Olympics are underway!

The world's greatest athletes kicked off the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in grand style today at the National Stadium in Beijing. Meanwhile, across town, another breed of competitor was celebrating the start of this year's Education Olympics:

Blood and guts will keep your son away from PlayStation, but...

Are we really this far gone? The Wall Street Journal announced this morning, "Problem: Boys Don't Like to Read.

Where school choice is a felony

"Broward cracking down on school shoppers "

Gadfly: Getcha some!

This week's Gadfly is out, and it features a fine article about how Ohio's education woes are being reinforced and why it matters for the rest of the country.

Would robots unionize?

A question to ponder if new research on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) pans out. Robotic teachers, you ask? CNN has more.

Vote's a-comin'

In 2006, we wailed when the Florida Supreme Court, on which sit perhaps some of the most left-leaning people in Tallahassee, summoned up dubious reasoning to strike down the state's Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provided vouchers to students to escape their failing schools for better educational opportuniti

Forgetful in Boston

A Boston Globe op-ed tells us that, long before he was governor of Massachusetts, the young Deval Patrick "earned a scholarship from A Better Chance, an organization that provides educational opportunities to young people of color." That scholarship transported him from Chicago's South Side to Boston's Milton Academy and eventually through the fabled iron gates of Harvard Yard.

Out of Many, One: Toward Rigorous Common Core Standards From the Ground Up

AchieveJuly 2008

Can you get it in HD?

Survivor and The Real World attract millions of viewers, but the reality TV cognoscenti know where to find the most delicious fare: the televised actions of elected political bodies (see here and here).

Cafeteria cops

Ocean's 11 has come to Fairfax County, Virginia. Its school district estimates that during the 2007-2008 school year, $1.2 million of cafeteria food was pilfered from under the watchful eyes of the lunch ladies.

Conversing with Ted Strickland

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is in the midst of a 12-city "Conversation on Education" that he says will inform his long-awaited education plan, currently expected in early 2009. I attended his invitation-only event in Dayton, and the governor came across as charming, caring, even grandfatherly. He was patient with everyone and showed a real sense of humor.

Mr. Grier goes to San Diego

The Voice of San Diego, ??a local independent paper, examines the ongoing deliberations over a new teachers union contra

Whitmire argues that McCain, not Obama, will gut NCLB

Now you know the thesis of this

Mississippi walks to the middle

A digital conversation

The NCLB conversation has gone digital--at NewTalk.Org, a fancy shmancy blog that allows big thinkers to "talk" via posting for a set time period.

Subversive activity (of the good kind)

I have to admit that I had been hoping for a while someone would do this. A new advocacy group founded this past spring, Strong Schools DC , has fomented a grassroots revolution and the D.C.

A story to warm your bosom

Here.

What does a degree mean?

The Gadfly briefly addressed this issue a few weeks ago and the editors at Newsday have taken it up in

about "innovation schools"

State Board of Education member Colleen Grady comments on Emmy L. Partin's recent piece concerning a board recommendation that school districts be allowed to create so-called innovation schools. Essentially, these would be copies of charter schools, which districts are already allowed to sponsor.

A conversation with the governor

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is in the midst of a 12-city "Conversation on Education" that he says will inform his long-awaited education plan, currently expected in early 2009. I attended his invitation-only event in Dayton and the governor came across as charming, caring, even grandfatherly. He was patient with everyone and showed a real sense of humor.

Black males still far behind whites in high-school graduation

Black males trail white males in high-school graduation by an average of 28 percent nationally and in Ohio by 30 percent, according to a new report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education.