Though it is named after a nearby creek that is thought to mean, in the language of the Lenni Lenape First Nation, ?place where we drink twice,? teachers in the Neshaminy School District, a Bucks County district somewhere between Trenton and Philly, have apparently drunk from something other than the creek.
It's hard to know any more how information gets packaged, but many of us still buying print were pleasantly surprised yesterday to find the New York Times magazine?opening the 3-pound Sunday Times is still a little like Christmas?devoted to education.
There was a terrific editorial in Saturday's Dayton Daily News about the storied 12-year charter school history in Fordham's home town and why we can be optimistic about the future of charters there.
?You can't be proficient at some academic tasks without having certain knowledge be automatic? you need something like drilling.'' ?Daniel Willingham, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia
Kevin Welner asserts that a recent blog post in which I criticized him, his organization, and his colleagues ?avoids substance? and includes a ?broad intimation?
Natalie Hopkinson has figured out what has caused all the preternatural perennial [look, they both start with the same letter and it's Friday afternoon, okay?] problems in Washington, D.C.'s public s
That's how the Washington Post's Valerie Strauss, on the paper's Answer Sheet blog, described the D.C. premiere of Waiting for Superman. ?D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee,? Strauss wrote, ?used the occasion of the D.C.
Education writer Alfie Kohn takes on the Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson. Some of Kohn's points are fine, but really: Is Samuelson so wrong?
It's missing an answer option: ?She should go. She has already made clear that she doesn't want to work with Vincent Gray, and so their relationship could not be a productive one.? ?Liam Julian
It's not surprising that there are health benefits for kids who walk to school, but now research indicates that it might make them smarter, too (if you can even
?Most days I wake up and think, gosh, we've just begun to scratch the surface of issues that plague this school system.'' ?Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools
The DC Democratic primary?which had Vincent Gray ousting Adrian Fenty?has many in the edu-blogo-sphere wondering: what will happen to Michelle Rhee once Gray takes the reins?
All the buzz is about education reform in the District of Columbia in a post-Adrian Fenty (and, probably, post-Michelle Rhee) world. Here's a thought: the massive attention on the D.C.
?Mr. Fenty's defeat could send a discouraging signal to other big-city mayors considering far-reaching education overhauls.? ?Michael J. Phillips and Stephanie Branchero, Wall Street Journal
Feeling just a bit sheepish about being one of the few people in the throng who hadn't already seen this film, I went last evening (with Fordham research director Amber Winkler) to the big Paramount/Viacom-sponsored Washington premiere of Waiting for ?Superman??the much-discussed new education movie.
Rhee may move away, but charters are here to stay
Intensive high school reading programs work--temporarily
Districts are iffy on the what and how of turnaround initiatives
A blueprint for how states can break the cycle of ineffective district intervention
It's understandable that education reformers will go out of their way to argue that Michelle Rhee's reforms weren't determinative in Adrian Fenty's mayoral re-election bid.
The people who run the Think Tank Review Project have a newish book out: <
Al Sharpton. New show. On TV. Sunday mornings. Talking education. Seriously. ?Liam Julian
Last year, for the first time, ?more women than men in the United States received doctoral degrees,? writes Daniel de Vise in the Washington Post. ?Women now hold a nearly 3-to-2 majority in undergraduate and graduate education,?
Vincent Gray, candidate for mayor of Washington, D.C., was asked by CNN's John King if he, Gray, were he to be elected, would retain Michelle Rhee as the city's schools chancellor. ?Well, we'll see,? said Gray.
