Eduwonk Andy aches for more accountability
Andy Rotherham's latest* U.S. News column argues that transparency is not enough in most policy spheres, including education. Accountability is needed, too.
Andy Rotherham's latest* U.S. News column argues that transparency is not enough in most policy spheres, including education. Accountability is needed, too.
Quotable: "Primarily the stimulus in Texas was used to just move dollars around and you didn't have the level of benefit that the stimulus was designed to create." -Rep. Jim Dunnam (D-Waco), chair of Texas's Select Committee on the Federal Economic Stabilization Funding
I’ve just finished reading the Race to the Top program executive summary released by the U.S.
William G. OuchiSimon & Schuster2009
The New Teacher ProjectNovember 2009
Yesterday representatives from The New Teacher Project (TNTP), alongside Cincinnati superintendent Mary Ronan and president of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers (CFT), Julie Sellers, gathered for the release of TNTP’s Cincinnati-focused teacher effectiveness report.
…Shoppers across the nation will prepare for the madness known as Black Friday.
The first chart in the email version of our November 30 Special Ohio Education Gadfly had one mislabeled data point. The correct chart is available online here.
The Ohio Education Gadfly recently caught up with the Lebanon City Schools Superintendent Mark North about House Bill 1, the state's rating system for school districts, and how his district is achieving success while spending far less money per-pupil than comparable districts.Q: What’s your opinion of House Bill 1?
Senate Bill 173, sponsored by Senator Gary Cates (R-West Chester), would delay for one year a major tenet of Governor Strickland’s education reform plan and marks the legislature’s first attempt to address problems with implementing the mandates in the evidence-based school funding model.
Today is December 1st, and that means I'm back from my book leave. (Please don't tell me you didn't notice I was gone.) More on the book in the weeks and months to come.
Michele McNeil on Duncan's Ed Week interview (some very interesting stuff) Young, talented duo lead Louisiana's RTT bid
Dear Gadfly, It's certainly good to have Mike back in the saddle. The old horse was moving slower and slower without his spurs.