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What's wrong with reform?
The Washington Post's Answer Sheet blog will tell you. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
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L.A. redux
The New York City teachers' union is requesting a ?restraining order? that would block the release of ?reports that rank thousands? of its members ?based on how much progress students made on state standardized tests,? reports the New York Times.
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Education News Nuggets
Thinking of skipping school to enjoy the final days of good weather? Well, you might want to think again.
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Ed profs not hip to the nitty-gritty
Doug Lemov's Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College offers teachers nitty-gritty tips and tools for improving effectiveness in the classroom?and it made a big splash this past spring and summer, rising to one of the top-selling books on Amazon
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Be quiet! Sit up! Listen! Tie Your Shoes! Character Ed Takes it on the Shins!
Why was I not surprised to read the Education Week story on a new federal study, ?the largest?to date,?
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Quotable & Notable
?There are a lot of benefits to this [value-added] approach, but the science of the methodology at this point isn't where it should be to attach teachers names to it.? ?Douglas Ready, Professor, Columbia University's Teacher College
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The NYC/teacher ratings scuffle drags on
Well?.no real resolution today on whether or not New York City can release the names and ratings of its teachers.
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Better not miss that parent-teacher conference
Trying to?increase parental involvement in schools is a?laudable goal, but? threatening parents?with jail time if they repeatedly miss parent-teacher conferences? Really? According to this CNN report, a county prosecutor in Michigan is proposing a law that would do just that.
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Update on NYC/teacher ratings scuffle
Gotham Schools is reporting that the NYC's teachers union did indeed file suit earlier today, seeking to prevent the city from publicly releasing the effectiveness ratings (and names) of its teachers.
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Union fights release of teacher ratings
In case you haven't heard, there's a pretty?big tussle going on in NYC over whether education officials there should be allowed to publicly release the performance info/ratings of the city's teachers.
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Governance and Urban School Improvement: Lessons for New Jersey from Nine Cities
Surprise! Mayoral control is no panacea
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Measuring Progress in Public and Parental Understanding of Learning Disabilities
Americans have a lot to learn about learning disabilities
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Housing Policy is School Policy: Economically Integrative Housing Promotes Academic Success in Montgomery County, Maryland
Poor kids do better when they live in affluent neighborhoods
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Not embarrassed
The U.S. secretary of education is feeling just fine about the proposed teacher contract in Baltimore, thank you very much. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
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Full of it
Yesterday Randi Weingarten was interviewed by host Neal Conan on NPR's Talk of the Nation. Had I been listening, and had I learned that Weingarten was the program's guest, I would have turned the dial.
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Michelle Rhee to NJ?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ?has reportedly offered the former District of Columbia's schools chancellor the job of New Jersey education commissioner.? ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
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Education News Nuggets
iPhones for toddlers? Just how young is too young? No wonder youngsters are having difficulty paying attention and thinking critically these days.
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Cracks in the ivory tower? Education professors on standards
Fordham's recent survey of education-school professors, Cracks in the Ivory Tower? The Views of Education Professors Circa 2010, reveals a remarkable openness among teachers of teachers to many K-12 reform initiatives sweeping the reform landscape today.
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Whither ? or withering ? CMOs?
Ed Next lives up to its mission statement ? ?in the stormy seas of school reform? giving voice (without fear or favor) to worthy research, sound ideas, and responsible arguments?? ? with its new ?forum? on Charter Management Organizations.
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Major Victory for Charters in NYS
The New York State Charter School Association's Peter Murphy is reporting some good news from the Empire State, via the state's highest court:? charter schools are exempt from the onerous ?prevailing wage? laws.
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Toward excellence in charter school authorizing
Terry and Kathryn are in Arizona this week for the annual NACSA Leadership Conference where they are sharing lessons learned from Fordham's five years as a charter school authorizer in the Buckeye State.
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Quotable & Notable
?The greatest crime in education is accepting the status quo, and Baltimore Superintendent Andr?s Alonso and the Baltimore Teachers Union deserve a lot of credit for crafting this bold proposal.? Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education
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Common Core implementation: Who should do what?
Everyone knows that there's lots to be done in order for the Common Core standards to impact what actually happens in the classroom. Here's an ?Implementation To-Do List,?