Quotable & notable
?You have money for lawyers, you have money for hats, but you can't buy my daughter's education''* ?Kathleen Kernivan, New York charter school parent
?You have money for lawyers, you have money for hats, but you can't buy my daughter's education''* ?Kathleen Kernivan, New York charter school parent
Here's a quick test; true or false? 1. Arne Duncan coerced many states into adopting the Common Core via his Race to the Top application. 2. The Obama Administration carelessly hinted that adoption of Common Core might become a requirement in a new ESEA or for states wanting a waiver from the current law.
?It's been that way since elementary school. We behave better when the teacher looks like us.''* ?New York City public school student
I stewed most of the week about how to respond to Deborah Meier's recent Bridging Differences post on ?college for all.??
One of the noteworthy things about Deborah Meier's post about ?college for all?
Great Britain's largest teacher unions have declared a strike for Thursday over proposed changes to their pensions, and they'll be joined by another 700,000 other workers from the public sector.
Being an adult is hard: as the economy continues to struggle, many of the unemployed have had to change careers, taking jobs as teachers, princi
This guest post is by Christine Wolfe, a former hill staffer and George W. Bush Administration appointee at the U.S. Department of Education who helped to craft NCLB and many of its regulations. She consulted on Fordham's recent ESEA Briefing Book.
?NAACP is on the wrong side of history''* ?Ny Whitaker, charter school parent Advancing coloured people? The Economist
Harry Potter fans, C+ students and smokers alike have reason to rejoice today.
While everyone is following New Jersey's public union bombshell vote, my friend E.J. McMahon of the Empire Center in Albany reports on a new maneuver by the New York State United Teachers to end run?
As if the teachers unions need another reason to hate charter s
Washington City Paper has published a lengthy article about Diane Ravitch.
If you are a physics professor who has trouble finding a date, you should not resort to flirting or crude jokes.
?What difference does it make how the parents feel about school performance when by almost all objective measures they are not good?'' ?Anonymous Washington Post Reader
Mike sits down with guest host Richard (Lee) Colvin of Ed Sector to hash out what Michigan's new reform efforts may mean for Detroit, what the CCSSO accountability blueprint may mean for the feds, and what NAEP history scores may mean for the country. Amber puts a magnifying glass on teacher pensions in charter schools and Chris crosses the pond to play Cowboys and Indians.
I have been an avid follower of Jay Mathews' work since starting here at Fordham, but his recent argument with a Fairfax County parent over Fairfax's decision to get rid of honors courses across the district caused me to panic.
South Carolina is in hot water with the Education Department over the state's failure to meet federal maintenance of effort requirements for special education spending. ED is threatening to dock South Carolina $111 million in federal aid after rejecting a waiver request.
We asked a few experts to share their thoughts on our newly published paper, "Charting a New Course to Retirement: How Charter Schools Handle Teacher Pensions"?an online forum of sorts.
Today, Fordham released our latest, "Charting a New Course to Retirement: How Charter Schools Handle Teacher Pensions." Authors Amanda Olberg and Michael Podgursky explain the report's findings here.
We asked a few experts to share their thoughts on our newly published paper, "Charting a New Course to Retirement: How Charter Schools Handle Teacher Pensions"?an online forum of sorts.
?People don't want to take a chance. That's the problem D.C. schools face. You don't want to experiment on your own children.'' ?Bruce Lehman, Lawyer
We asked a few experts to share their thoughts on our newly published paper, "Charting a New Course to Retirement: How Charter Schools Handle Teacher Pensions"?an online forum of sorts.
Would you be caught wearing mandals? How about voting for a Mormon candidate? Careful:?
The Fordham Institute has published a new paper today that readers might find quite interesting.
Don't miss this morning's front-page New York Times story on public unions. ?Writer Charles Duhigg offers a comprehensive report on the mess we've gotten ourselves into by giving away public money, we now don't have, to public unions, which want more.?
2011 may already be a banner year for education reform (in part thanks to the foundation laid in 2010). Policymakers and education activists in many states (and in D.C.) have just cause to smile?and to soak in the victories that have been won.
? Basic numeracy skills are a greater predictor of later success in life than basic literacy skills.'' * ? Daniel Ansari, one of the pioneers in the neuroscience of dyscalculia