Education news nuggets
What grade would Harry Potter have been more likely to receive if he'd attended American public schools, an ?A?
What grade would Harry Potter have been more likely to receive if he'd attended American public schools, an ?A?
It is encouraging news, from Sol Stern of the Manhattan Institute, that New York City's three-year-old pilot project testing the content rich Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum in ten low-income schools has proved so far, as the D
You can do a lot of things with computers nowadays: Do your homework, balance the budget, unlock the
?There is no room for discrimination of any kind in our classrooms, our communities or our state."?* ?Dean Vogel, President of the California Teachers Association
If there's a better bigger-you-are-harder-you-fall story of late (not counting Atlanta, of course), I don't know if it will top the account in the New York Times, at least for intrigue, of one-time Gates Foundation education director Tom Vander Ark
"I don't want to be just a great educator and superintendent. I want to be a great man and father and husband.'' * ?Mike Feinberg, KIPP founder
The results of the Wisconsin recall primaries are in, but Republicans have other reasons to be angry.
The Rockefeller Institute has some good news to share: state tax revenue collections were up 9.3% in the first quarter of 2011, recovering nearly to the level they were at in early 2008, prior to the financial crisis. The news is not all good, however.
Whether you're in a small class or a large class, it doesn't take a Google science fair winner to see that
?[Education has been] hijacked by a group of self-styled 'reformers' who believe that public education in America should consist of islands of excellence staffed by passers-through, instead of dynamic school systems staffed by professionals.'' * ?Randi Weingarten, leader of AFT
Fordham Institute President Chester Finn discusses the Atlanta cheating scandal in an op-ed posted today on CNN.com.
Within weeks of the release of the Common Core State ELA and math standards, textbook publishers had already launched marketing campaigns for their ?CCSS-aligned? curriculum materials. What that label really meant, exactly, was open for much debate.
Film critic Roger Ebert penned a damning critique of the too-often-used practice of giving struggling students a retold version of a more complex literary classic. He talks in particular about The Great Gatsby. The entire article is worth reading, but his most salient point is this
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?I've never been a fan of merit pay. I don't believe in it.? * ?Stephen Sweeney, New Jersey Senate President (D-Gloucester)
As of Saturday, it's been 800 days since the senate passed a budget. Who is willing to step up to the plate and get things done??
There is another wonderful essay about the free market by economics professor Sandy Ikeda over at the Foundation for Economic Education.
"When we look at our cases where children are sent away from schools because of disabilities, there are a disproportionate number of calls about charter schools.? * ?Kim Sweet, Director of Advocates for Children of New York
Chester Finn and Mike Petrilli have a new piece in The Weekly Standard. In it, they sug
Over the past decade, Detroit's population has declined by 25 percent. Since its heyday in 1950, the city has contracted by about 40 percent.
The Republican presidential field is beginning to take shape, and candidates and maybe-candidates are figuring out where they stand and what to say. Sooner or later, they will need to say something about education. May we suggest a few talking points? Or, better yet, a potential speech for a GOP candidate? ***
Today's Times (unless you read it online yesterday or the day before), covers some fertile educational ground in three important arenas.
Through the ages, intellectually engaged man has asked, ?Is there life after collective bargaining???a question that may gain newfound relevance if you suddenly find yourself close to <
House education chairman John Kline released a bill yesterday that would provide "unprecedented" flexibility for states and local school districts around how they spend their federal ed
?Now where do we go? Where do we go?? * ?Maria Ariston, Former Teacher at Apple Grove Elementary in Prince George's County, Maryland
Chester Finn, president of the Fordham Institute, was a guest on the Willis Report on Fox Business last night. The topic? The cheating scandal in Atlanta.
Over at The American Interest, Walter Russell Mead asserted a few weeks back that ?when it comes to education, red states rule.? He bases this finding on data collected for Newsweek's recently released high school rankings.?
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