Reform School: Tim Kitts
Tim Kitts of Florida's Bay Haven Charter Academy explains his ?plus? model of school improvement, and the axes of curriculum and department structures.
PODCAST: Reform skeptics week
Mike and Rick talk about what happens when the parent trigger misfires, raise serious questions about Florida's teacher-reform law, and wonder whether expanding vouchers to the middle class will do much good. Amber knocks Gary Miron's KIPP study down a few pegs, and Chris lobbies against state-mandated dress codes. [powerpress]
Quotable & notable
?Too many of our kids are dropping out of schools.That's not a white, black or brown problem. That's everybody's problem'' * -Barack Obama, President, United States of America
Around the bend on Common Core
Peter MeyerI was just re-reading sections of The Making of Americans by Don Hirsch, preparing to send out some encouraging words to my local district Board of Ed Curriculum Committee, when a new
Steiner Follows Black Out the Door
Peter Meyer?David Steiner got none of the negative press that Cathleen Black received when he was appointed Commissioner of New York State's Education Department in October of 2009.
One down, six to go: Cathie Black on the out and out
Daniela Fairchild[caption id="attachment_16080" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Photos by GothamSchools and Louise Docker"]