Seniority-Based Layoffs will Exacerbate Job Loss in Public Education
Marguerite RozaCenter on Reinventing Public EducationFebruary 2009
State board likes the governor's plans even without the details
Emmy L. PartinThe State Board of Education passed a resolution last week (15-2, with two members absent) commending Gov. Strickland's education reform plan (see here).
Cincinnati Catholic schools are beginning to tout test scores
Mike LaffertyMore schools in the Cincinnati archdiocese, the nation's eighth-largest Catholic school system, are touting test scores to encourage enrollment.
A Longitudinal Analysis of Charter School Performance in Oakland Unified School District
California Charter Schools AssociationJanuary 2009A new report from the California Charter School Association indicates Oakland-area charter schools are out-performing their public district-school peers (see here).
Why not national standards for big-city school districts?
Michael J. PetrilliRandi (Weingarten) turned in a dandy (op-ed) yesterday in the Washington Post making the case for national standards in education:
21st century skills...in the 19th century
Stafford PalmieriDid Abe Lincoln have 21st century skills? Definitely.
Where 21st century skills belong
Stafford PalmieriAmidst much of the haggling over 21st century skills, we often forget why the two sides disagree. It's not that those thought of as "against" 21st century skills don't think they're of any value. Quite to the contrary. 21st century skills--adaptability, critical thinking skills, ability to manipulate new media--are all good things for students to learn.