AP: A Critical Examination of the Advanced Placement Program
Philip M. Sadler, Gerhard Sonnert, Robert H. Tai, and Kristin Klopfenstein, eds.Harvard Education Press2010
Philip M. Sadler, Gerhard Sonnert, Robert H. Tai, and Kristin Klopfenstein, eds.Harvard Education Press2010
Is this the beginning of the end for last hired, first fired? At least a few cities facing budgetary difficulties have come to an obvious realization: Firing teachers based on seniority rather than performance is going to seriously damage the quality of their respective workforces.
J. Taylor, A.D. Roehrig, B. Soden Hensler, C.M. Connor, C. Schatschneider Science Magazine April 23, 2010
Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway, eds.Urban Institute Press2009
Nearly twenty years ago, legislators in Minnesota birthed the charter-school movement swaddled in a “grand bargain": These innovative public schools would deliver solid academic results in return for the freedom to do it their own way.
The U.K. may be America’s Motherland, but here’s one thing the Brits can learn from the Yankees: School choice alone is a mediocre route to school improvement. The British backlash to testing and accountability is both notable and understandable—and remarkably like the American response to the failings of No Child Left Behind. But whereas the U.S.
Missouri has announced it will merge its state boards of education for K-12 and higher ed. Echoing President Obama and other’s calls for a greater focus on college completion, the Show Me State wants to streamline the primary, secondary, and tertiary education systems. That’s all well and good, but really, Missouri, that’s the best you’ve got?
Since the U.S. Department of Education named Tennessee and Delaware as the only winners in the first round of the Race to the Top, a battle has raged about the importance of stakeholder buy-in.
The National Council on Teacher Quality has launched another National Research Competition on Teacher Quality. Here are the details:
?The third party funders reserve the right to reconsider their support for this initiative if there is a material change in DCPS' leadership.? ? Cate Swinbum, President, DC Public Education Fund, in a letter to Michelle Rhee, DC Public Schools Chancellor