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Education Sector will host a March 10 panel debate on national education standards. The event will take place at the National Press Club's Holeman Lounge. Registration begins at 9 a.m. (refreshments will be served); the debate will commence at 9:30 and is set to end at 11. Discussants include (among others) Education Sector's Kevin Carey and Thomas Toch, and Fordham's Mike Petrilli.
Fordham's May 5 conference, "International Lessons about National Standards," is quickly filling up. This affair will be held at the Capital Hilton in downtown D.C. and explore lessons-learned about national standards from our international neighbors. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is the keynote speaker; Michigan State's William Schmidt will offer major new findings.
Teacher pay on a sunny day? In Orlando? With a star-studded panel including Florida's new governor, the 2005 National Teacher of the Year, and renowned education researchers? Where do I find out more and sign up? Here.
Did you miss our August 29th National Press Club panel on national standards and tests? We understand that sometimes avian flu simply can't be avoided. For you, the transcript is available online here.
NCATE's big report “Transforming Teacher Education Through Clinical Practice” is now out and is eliciting the predictable hosannas. Its blue-ribbon panel event this week was hailed as a transformative moment.
Seriously. Fordham Vice President Mike Petrilli makes the claim that will shock education reformers and Dr. Doolittle aficionados across the globe. Read his Education Week essay here.
On Monday, July 16th, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, University of Chicago scholar Derek Neal will visit the American Enterprise Institute to discuss his new paper on the impact of NCLB. AEI first-stringers Charles Murray and Henry Olsen will also grace the dais. RSVP here.
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, together with the National Center for Education and the Economy and the Progressive Policy Institute, will be holding a policy forum to explore ways to help local, state and federal education officials meet the expectations of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Again filling the research void on collective bargaining and teacher governance, the National Council on Teacher Quality will hold a conference on March 26 entitled "Help or Hindrance?
The National Council on Teacher Quality recently updated its research database on teacher rules and regulations. Now, you can find information from 100 districts and all 50 states. It's all here.
The National Council on Teacher Quality is looking to hire a project manager and several research analysts.
Are you smart? Motivated? Dedicated? Looking for a stellar place to work and some outstanding colleagues? Well, the National Council on Teacher Quality is hiring. Open positions include one project manager slot and several research analyst openings.
Again filling the research void on collective bargaining and teacher governance, the National Council on Teacher Quality will hold a conference on March 26 entitled Help or Hindrance?
The Washington-based National Council on Teacher Quality is looking for a policy analyst for immediate hire.
The National Council on Teacher Quality has announced the second year of its national research competition on teacher quality. The competition focuses on original research that uses NCTQ’s excellent TR3 database of collective bargaining agreements.
The National Council on Teacher Quality's conference, Help or Hindrance? The Impact of Teacher Roles, Rules and Rights on Teacher Quality, is just days away. Presenting the fruits of a competition to best use NCTQ's database on collective bargaining agreements, the day-long event will feature five original papers and six stupendous judges.
The National Council on Teacher Quality is launching a research competition--first prize is $15,000! Get the details here.
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced the availability of nearly $100 million in grants that will be made available to local schools, districts and charter schools to improve the teaching of American history.
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced the availability of nearly $100 million in grants that will be made available to local schools, districts and charter schools to improve the teaching of American history.
Too often in education we hear “These kids can’t learn” or “We have to deal with poverty before you can fix the schools.” Such sentiments seem
Last week, researchers at the revered, centrist Spookings Institution unveiled what they called "the end-all, be-all--the thing that will fix our nation's broken schools": Education's Silver Bullet.
Debates over "21st century skills" continue, but some forward looking lawmakers are taking a new approach. "The time has come to move beyond this stale political deadlock and work on something we can all agree on: 22nd century skills," explained Jonathan Archer, a Massachusetts state senator.
The Charter School Leadership Council, a new coalition of eight national organizations leading the charter school movement, seeks a knowledgeable and skilled person to provide professional staff support and coordination.
Look out Eduwonk and Eduwonkette! Yesterday marked the much-heralded debut of Eduwonkit--a transsexual blogger who remains anonymous (although Gladfly is pretty sure he's spotted this individual, wearing assorted wigs, about town at various education gatherings).
Aside from ex-governor Jon Corzine, no one lost bigger in November’s Garden State gubernatorial election than the New Jersey Education Association. That, at least, is the sense in Trenton, where newly-elected Governor Chris Christie has declared war with the teachers’ union.
New Leaders for New Schools fosters high academic achievement for every child by recruiting, training, and supporting the next generation of outstanding urban public school principals.
