Mulligan!
President Obama is teaming up with General Colin Powell right now to talk dropout reduction. I've got no beef with that.
President Obama is teaming up with General Colin Powell right now to talk dropout reduction. I've got no beef with that.
Yesterday, the Baltimore Sun had a front-page story about more upcoming closures of Catholic schools in the city. Despite their strong service of disadvantaged kids, these schools are suffering under an unsustainable financial model.
This story is worth keeping an eye on. We've been able to hold off a major and messy policy debate about the intersection of vouchers, charters, private schools, accountability, and choice. Court cases like this though can force the conversation.
Ed Week's Michele McNeil and Lesli Maxwell have made some predictions about RTT finalists. Tom Carroll did likewise. (Finalists should be announced by ED later this week.)
CT, which has one of the weakest RTT applications I've read, is considering policy changes to improve its chances the second time around.