Andy and Mike discuss the resolution of Central Falls’ saga, if too many students are going to college, and whether it’s more likely that the Tooth Fairy will eat dinner at Mike’s house or Arne Duncan will return unused Race to the Top dollars to the Treasury.
The Urban Superintendents Academy is a 10-month executive management course sponsored by the Broad Foundation and designed to prepare leaders from outside and inside the education sector to become successful urban superintendents. Application deadlines are September 15 and October 15, 2003.
The Broad Foundation is seeking a director of communications, who will be responsible for developing and executing the overarching communications strategy for the Broad Foundations.
The Los Angeles-based Broad Foundation is looking to hire a Director of Policy Programs. The directorship is a new position created to influence changes in national, state and local education policies and contribute greater understanding and awareness of the Foundation's programs through advocacy.
The Broad Foundation has three new openings (one senior, two for the summer) that it needs to fill; all are located in sunny Los Angeles. Find information here.
This week, Mike and guest host Kate Walsh chat about Los Angeles, Chicago, and the State of the Union's effect on NCLB reauthorization. Coby offers a two-minute review of Two Million Minutes, and Education News of the Weird is dark and hot and steamy, but in a bad way.
The Center on Children and Families will host a fascinating event on October 27 entitled, “Is America Really an Opportunity Society?” Brookings Fellows Ron Haskins and Isabella Sawhill will discuss their new book Creating an Opportunity Society, and the three routes to upward mobility: education, work, and strong families.
The dust has finally settled on a long and contentious legislative battle over education reform in Ohio.
Much caterwauling has accompanied the president's new budget. Senator Kennedy thundered that the proposal, which reduces Department of Education funding about 1 percent, to $56 billion, is "the most anti-student, anti-education budget since the Republicans tried to abolish the Department of Education." Suffice to say he is exaggerating.
Join us Thursday, April 9 from 1:30-3:00 PM for "Can Budget Cuts Catalyze Education Reform?" Marguerite Roza of the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education will join us to present her work (see here and
The Boston-based organization Building Excellent Schools is committed to improving the academic achievement of students in the nation's urban centers. Their core program is the BES Fellowship, a 12-month, full-time, comprehensive training program for those who seek to found, build, and manage an urban charter school. BES seeks an associate director for that program.
Two education-related articles appeared in the Outlook section of yesterday’s Washington Post. One is worth reading.
Charter school supporters have argued for multiple charter school authorizers within a state since the first schools opened in the early 1990s.
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation proudly announces the winners of the second annual Fordham Prizes for Excellence in Education. Howard L. Fuller will receive the Fordham Prize for Valor, which is conferred upon a leader who has made major contributions to education reform through noteworthy accomplishments at the national, state, local, and/or school levels.
Also on May 11, the American Board for the Certification of Teacher Excellence will host a light breakfast and panel discussion about a new study that correlates passing scores on ABCTE's teacher certification exams with student achievement. The event will take place in the National Press Club's First Amendment Lounge. Noshing commences at 8:30 a.m., discussion at 9.
Alan Vanneman, Linda Hamilton, Janet B. Anderson, and Taslima RahmanNational Center for Education StatisticsJuly 2009
In my editorial "A rush to judgment?" I made an error in dates by inadvertence (it happens). Mayor Michael Bloomberg was elected in November 2001. He gained control of the New York City school system in spring 2002. Joel Klein became chancellor of the schools in September 2002.
Last week, in reviewing Bible Literacy Report: What Do Americans Need to Know and What Do They Know? (see here), I relied on inaccurate news reports to imply that the American Civil Liberties Union had endorsed the publication.
It's Back to School time and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools wants to help the charter community get off to a good start with a Virtual Back to School Day on September 6.
The Broad Superintendent's Academy is a rigorous 10-month program that prepares CEOs and executives from business, non-profit, military, education, and government backgrounds to lead urban public school systems. The Academy covers all tuition and travel expenses, and it expects to place graduates into superintendent or senior cabinet level positions within 18 months of program completion.
The Broad Foundation is seeking senior executives, educators with a proven track record of success, and dynamic entrepreneurs to attend its 2008 Superintendents Academy. To apply, click here.
Do you know someone who has the drive, passion, and ability to successfully lead a large urban school district? The Broad Superintendents Academy is a rigorous, ten-month executive management program designed to prepare the next generation of public school chief executives.
This week, Mike and Rick chat about Philly, Florida, and $2.99 cheeseburgers. We've got an old school interview with our own Martin A. Davis, Jr., and Education News of the Weird is a knockout. Click here to listen through our website and view past editions.
This week, Mike and Rick chat about the FDA, why Spitzer loves the folks at Ed Sector, and Al Gore. Mike speaks Sanskrit and boasts about his yoga skills with our interviewee, and Education News of the Weird is all choked up. Click here to listen through our website and view past editions.
On May 2, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and a distinguished panel will meet on Capitol Hill to present and discuss several new charter school studies. The event will begin at 10 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building’s room 638.
Last month, the Washington Post's David Broder wrote a column trumpeting the value of teaching civics to American students.
As an authorizer of two charter schools in Columbus, we’ve heard our fair share of stories about the district not being very cooperative with them (in the way of busing, facilities, etc.).
Fordham's Dayton, Ohio, office seeks a Project Administrator to work in our charter school sponsorship division. For more information, see here.
In the April 8th Gadfly, we incorrectly referred to Utah Republican Governor Olene Walker, at one point, as Olene Johnson (http://www.edexcellence.net/gadfly/issue.cfm?issue=143#1759). We regret the error and have corrected the archived text.
In last week's Gadfly, a guest editorial by Diane Ravitch ("Confessions of a flag-waver") referred to a column by Jonathan Zimmerman. That column, "Let children choose a way of their own to reflect on 9/11," appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, not Slate.com. We regret the error.
