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Are you a detail-oriented, highly-motivated, and likeable organizational guru? Want to join our team? We're currently looking for a new Staff Assistant. Find more information here.
Are you a detail-oriented, highly-motivated, and likeable organizational guru? Want to join our team? We're currently looking for a new Staff Assistant. Find more information here.
Are you well-read, smart, and resourceful? Do you have a way with words and like to work independently? Are you fascinated by education policy and seeking a gig that lands you next to those shaping and influencing national decisions in this arena? Well, we're looking for you--to be our new Research Assistant.
Our Dayton office seeks a savvy Research Analyst with experience in policy analysis, research, writing, and editing and a passion for school reform. The successful applicant will report directly to Terry Ryan, Fordham's vice-president for Ohio Programs and Policy.
On Tuesday, August 29 from noon to 2 p.m., the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation will host a lunchtime debate at the National Press Club about whether the state standards movement is faltering--and whether national testing is the logical replacement. Panelists include former West Virginia governor and Alliance for Excellent Education president Bob Wise; former U.S.
Gove, School Vouchers and a Fight to the Death with the Education Establishment, by Iain Martin, Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2010.
Amanda K. Miller and Kathryn Chandler, National Center for Education StatisticsOctober 2003
American Federation of TeachersFebruary 2005
American Institutes for ResearchNovember 2005
American students are achieving academic success until they reach middle school.
Andrew Sum and Paul Harrington, The Business RoundtableMay 2003
Andrew Sum, Irwin Kirsch and Robert Taggart, Policy Information Center, Educational Testing ServiceFebruary 2002
Anthony G. Picciano and Jeff SeamanSloan ConsortiumJanuary 2009
Association for Unsupervised Curriculum DevelopmentMarch 2008
Barbara Means, Christine Padilla, and Larry GallagherOffice of Planning, Evaluation and Policy DevelopmentU.S. Department of EducationJanuary 2010
Center on Education Policy2006
Chad AldemanEducation SectorJanuary 2010
Charles M. PayneHarvard Education Press2008Charles M. PayneHarvard Education Press2008
Christine Campbell, You're Leaving? Succession and Sustainability in Charter Schools (Seattle, WA: National Charter School Research Project, Center on Reinventing Public Education, November 2010).
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy and U.S. Department of EducationNovember 2002
Doug McAdam and Cynthia Brandt, Stanford UniversitySocial ForcesFebruary 2010
Earlier this week, The Education Gladfly gained access to a confidential memo from Education Secretary Arne Duncan to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel about the first round of Race to the Top. Due to its obvious implications for education policy, we reproduce it here in full.
Editorial Projects in EducationJanuary 2010
Editor's Note: The following letter is in response to the Recommended Reading,"Measures of success," and podcast segment from the November 13, 2008 edition of the Education Gadfly.To the Editor:
Editor's note: We found this letter from Dr. John J. Johnson, EdD., head of the Orange River Regional School District in Pitchfork, Tennessee, to be a particularly compelling depiction of the opportunities and hardships now facing school systems across the land. It is reprinted here in full, with Dr. J's permission.Dear Faculty and Staff,
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!