There was a terrific editorial in Saturday’s Dayton Daily News about the storied twelve-year charter school history in Fordham’s hometown and why we can be optimistic about the future of charters there. As DDN notes, until New Orleans began r
Or are they more amenable to change than conventional wisdom suggests? We’ll be discussing these very questions on December 2 from 3:30 to 5:00 PM, and we’d be pleased if you’d care to join us. Learn more or RSVP here.
With this week’s NCATE report, and our own Cracks in the Ivory Tower?, the role that education schools can—and want to—play in reforming K-12 schooling is under s
With football on the brain, Mike and Rick offer up a play-by-play of the Joel Klein-Cathie Black saga in New York City, and sack NCATE’s reform report. Amber reveals an interesting Education Next survey to the hosts, and Chris decries a camp-out.
District of Columbia Public Schools are currently looking for spring interns for their Urban Education Leaders Internship Program (UELIP). This internship is fast-paced, elbow-deep in research and policy, and focused on turning around local government and local schools.
Having made a splash in DC education, Michelle Rhee is now seeking talented interns for summer 2009 to help fulfill her and DCPS' challenging mission. Unlike a run-of-the-mill internship, the Urban Education Leadership Internship Program with DCPS allows students to immerse themselves in the vital activities of the district's Central Office.
Longtime Flypaper readers might remember the old Reform-o-Meter, in which I would rate the Obama Administration’s efforts on school reform, from ice-cold to red-hot.
If you missed the event and webcast of “National Education Standards circa 2009” yesterday, don’t fret. You will be able to find the archived video on our homepage tomorrow.
Fifty-three years after Sputnik caused an earthquake in American education by giving us reason to believe that the Soviet Union had surpassed us, China has delivered another shock. On math, reading, and science tests given to 15-year-olds in sixty-five countries last year, Shanghai’s teenagers topped every other jurisdiction in all three subjects—by a sweeping margin.
Last Saturday's Washington Post reported on two underperforming area schools, one on Virginia and one in Maryland. At Maury Elementary in Alexandria-the only school in the Virginia suburbs of D.C. to be identified as "needing improvement" under No Child Left Behind-13 percent of students have transferred to other area schools, private and public.
Last month, City Journal published a long article by Justin Kaplowitz, a former Teach for America corps member whose teaching career was abruptly ended after one year when a disgruntled parent filed a frivolous $20 million lawsuit charging that Kaplowitz had hit her child [see http://www.edexcellence.net/gadfly/issue.cfm?
On Tuesday, President-Elect Obama ended weeks of speculation by selecting Chicago schools CEO Arne Duncan to be his secretary of education.
Mike and Rick discuss the relationship between K-12 diversity and quality, swapping the ACT for state high school graduation tests, and Schwarzegger's flexibility on class size reduction funds. Then Amber gives us some bad news on state teacher staffing plans and Rate that Reform audits Office Depot.
Are you a “new media” guru? Internet, audio, and video savvy? Interested in translating the complex issues of education policy into a variety of new formats? Working with a dynamic, education-reform team? Then this position might be for you.
Is there more to school reform than student achievement? Baltimore schools CEO Andres Alonso would say no.
On Wednesday, July 11th, from 2 to 3 p.m., join Education Week for an online conversation about principals and The Autonomy Gap. A few days before the chat, you can go here to submit your questions. Should be a lively discussion!
This week, Mike and guest co-host, education advocate Dave Deschryver, chat about why management matters, why Checker Finn is not the only conservative in Washington, and why we'll have two more years to criticize NCLB. Education News of the Weird is out of the office and will have inconsistent email access.
This week, Mike and guest co-host Coby Loup of the Fordham Foundation talk about Catholic schools, prison schools, and fat schools. Jeff Kuhner is outraged by bus drivers who can't hold it, and Education News of the Weird is, too. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
The Pioneer Institute, which researches free markets and not covered wagons, is holding a competition to improve the government--specifically, how the government can improve education. Winners can win $10,000! Hurry: the deadline is April 7. Information is available here.
GreatSchools, a Bay Area non-profit that works to encourage parental involvement, is seeking a new COO. (You may have heard of their stellar website, GreatSchools.org.) This individual would report directly to the CEO and founder, and oversee organizational strategy, development of new projects, and recruitment of high-quality staff to the GreatSchools family.
This week, we welcome guest co-host Andy Smarick to the show. He and Mike discuss test scores in New York, preliminary results of Roland Fryer's Sparks program, and giving out a diploma seventy-three years late.
Such an opportunity only comes around once in a while: To work for AEI’s Rick Hess. He’s hiring a new Research Assistant and he’s looking for you.
This week, Mike and Rick squawk about the SAT, why men need affirmative action, and parents who live through their progeny. We've got an interview with Citizen Virginia, who offers our non-profit some non-prophet advice about national standards, and News of the Weird threatens to muddle the very character of our schools.
You don't have to be named Emma to be the American Legislative Exchange Council's new Education Task Force Director.
In this short video, follow Fordhamites around the office—and see what we think of Election 2010 as it bears on education.
This week, Mike and Rick chat about bad teachers who are really good, keeping kids out of school to save tax dollars, and giving away L.A.'s middle and high schools. Education Outrage of the Week wonders, "Where's Petraeus?," and Education News of the Weird chirps in the evenings.
Next Thursday morning from 9:30 to 11 am, AEI will introduce a new paper by Rick Hess and Juliet Squire with an event entitled, "School Restructuring under No Child Left Behind: Lessons from Hawaii." Featured panelists include Justin Cohen (District of Columbia Public Schools), Jeffery Henig (Columbia University Teachers College), and Gene Wilhoit (Council of Chief State School
This week, Mike and Rick chat about MBAs, fidgety 20-somethings, and making money off poor kids. Our own Liam Julian tells us why he was suspended in high school, and Education News of the Weird is marvelously spun. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
