The chief academic officer of the Denver school system reports directly to the Superintendent and is responsible for leadership, supervision, administration, coordination, and the implementation of all district academic programs and services.
The Harvard Graduate School of Education is on the search for a Data Architect and Manager. There are no building plans involved, but you would be responsible for the technical side of the Center for Education Policy Research’s Strategic Data Project, an HGSE initiative launched in July 2009.
Do you have development experience and seek an opportunity to lead a dynamic organization’s fundraising efforts? Are you interested in education reform, goal-driven, cheerful, bright, hard-working, enterprising, flexible, ambitious and glad to keep pace with a lively and sometimes demanding work environment? We might be fundraising soul mates.
...the blogosphere, that is. Check out her (and Deborah Meier's) new forum here.
You won’t want to miss a joint Fordham-AEI discussion with renowned education historian Diane Ravitch, occasioned by publication of her new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System. It will take place on Wednesday, March 10, in AEI’s top-deck Wohlstetter Conference Center from 4 to 5:30pm. Panelists include William A.
This week, Mike and guest host Liam Julian contemplate whether states can be trusted to guarantee rigorous curricula and standards, if Omaha is doing the right thing by segregating its districts, and why Joel Klein won’t give principals more bonus money. We’ve got an interview with Arizona education reformer Matt Ladner, and Education News of the Weird is, well, boring.
That question, and others, is posed on 25 billboards throughout greater Cincinnati.
This week, Mike and Rick chat about education's talent dearth, why pessimism pays, and inadequate pencilnecks. We have an exclusive interview about student hackers, and Education News of the Weird is a scream. Attention: This 20-minute podcast has left the building!
This week, Mike and Rick chat about special-ed, rogue charters, and school names. Matthew Ladner of the Goldwater Institute talks NCLB, and News of the Weird is rich and creamy.
This week, Mike and Rick mess with Texas, take a trip south of the border, and form education policy for the D.C. government.
By all means spare yourself the burden of reading, as I did this week in the esteemed National Review Online, that criticizing sneaky attempts to undermine evolution in k-12 science class is somehow akin to promoting eugenics.
On January 28, 2010, we consider the timely question “School Turnarounds: Exciting and Felicitous or Expensive and Futile?” Featuring the authors of opposing Education Next articles, Bryan Hassel and Andy Smarick, we’ll also hear from Andrés Alonso, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, and Emily Lawson of the DC Prep charter network.
On Saturday, the Washington Post featured an op ed by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings declaring her "willingness to work with states to make [NCLB] fit their unique local needs." Today, Spellings will announce-at a special meeting with state chiefs at Mount Vernon, near Washington-the particulars of the plan, which will include allowing states that can prove they've made progress towa
A love/hate relationship sums up what’s happening across the country when it comes to district-charter collaboration. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is trying to spread the love by providing support and encouraging cooperation among district and charter leaders in places like New York City, New Orleans, Denver, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles.
Eight days earlier, on January 20, Jason Kamras, D.C. Public Schools’ Director of Human Capital Strategy for Teachers, will present and explain DCPS new effectiveness assessment for school-based employees.
Once upon a time, centrist school reform had a single, overriding theme: accountability for results. This was apparent in the standards movement, with its focus on delineating clear expectations for all students, the achievement of which was to be measured by rigorous tests and linked to real consequences for adults.
This week, Mike and Rick talk about black kids, gifted kids, and the NYPD. We've got an interview with René Islas, and Education News of the Weird is a cultural revolution. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
This week, Mike and Rick consider the fate of urban Catholic schools, which can't seem to catch a break, as well as Rhee's "Plan B," and Palin's remarks at the VP debate. Amber enlightens us with a report on DC--achievement, poverty, housing, the whole shebang--while Rate that Reform avoids contracting rabies.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss Texas accountability developments, replicating the Harlem Children's Zone in Boston, and the teacher debacle out in L.A. Then Amber tells us about a new study on whether school choice affects house prices and Rate that Reform channels the Supreme Court.
Today, the National Council on Teacher Quality launched a new database on teacher collective bargaining agreements. It's chock full of good stuff! Check it out here.
How do Ohio's charter schools resemble modern Poland's economy? Travel with me across the Atlantic.
When I first heard the news about a Los Angeles elementary teacher killing himself, I cringed.
On June 12th, head over to the McGowan Theater at the National Archives at 10 a.m. There, the National History Center will host a discussion about the current state of history education. The event consists of two panels and a lunch speaker, and wraps up at 3 p.m. Diane Ravitch will chair one of the sessions.
On NCLB's fifth anniversary, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Representative Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) will unveil their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to create rigorous, voluntary core standards in math and science for children in grades K-12.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss the RTTT finalists (we’re a bit late, but this is a weekly show!), ED’s new push for “civil rights,” and whether school board presidents should be able to write a coherent sentence. Then Amber tells us about a new Education Trust study that overplays its hand and Stafford says, Don’t point!
Fordham is on the hunt for a Finance Director. If you have strong investing and accounting skills, and welcome the challenge of strategic budgeting for a complex, multi-million dollar nonprofit, we have just the job for you. Check out the Finance Director position here.
For years, we have resisted the pressure to start a blog of our own. We worried about having enough arresting commentaries (most blog posts are eye-glazingly tedious), plus we already had the weekly Gadfly.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a New York City community development group, seeks a director to get its new Educational Facilities Finance Center off the ground. Duties include public policy work, project financing, training, consulting, fundraising and management. Candidates should be self-starters with expertise in education policy and financing; master's degree preferred.
We’ve been covering the Los Angeles school-outsourcing plan for a while and it’s no surprise that teachers are among the groups vying for control of various schools.
This week, Mike and NCTQ President Kate Walsh chat about Obama, Edwards, and Bloomberg. Kate tells us all about her organization's recently released Yearbook, and Education News of the Weird is a Turkish delight.
