Commentary
The softer side of TFA
Kevin Huffman (a VP at Teach For America) wants hugs for Christmas. -Mike Petrilli
Kevin Huffman (a VP at Teach For America) wants hugs for Christmas. -Mike Petrilli
What else to make of the announcement that the 2010??NewSchools Venture Fund annual summit will once again be held in Washington, DC, just as in 2008? I felt better about the education innovation crowd when it met every year in Silicon Valley. -Mike Petrilli
Quotable: "This district can be rightly criticized for the promotion of ineffective teachers over the years. That is about to change. We do not owe poor performers a job." -Ramon C. Cortines, Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District