Education news nuggets
While it's no surprise that gifted students have the know-how to game the system, some are still questioning the certainly gifted and talented Bill Gates and his School of the
While it's no surprise that gifted students have the know-how to game the system, some are still questioning the certainly gifted and talented Bill Gates and his School of the
Mike and Checker write in today's National Review Online that part of the reason the Common Core education standards have fared well politically (adopted by 29 states at last count) is because they avoid the vagueness and politica
?That would be robbing Peter to pay Peter.? ?Joel Packer, Executive Director of the Committee for Education Funding
The good folks at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools are hosting a free screening of The Lottery, the much-buzzed new ed reform movie, this Friday in the nation's capital. ?Sign up here.
No city has done more to redefine the delivery of urban public education than New Orleans. And no city-based organization in the nation is doing more to advance the most important education reforms than New Schools for New Orleans.
Good article from Ed Week's Aarons on MN's attempt to improve charter authorizing. Takeaway: Because of a new law, many districts may get out of the business of authorizing.
Today is the first day of summer, but for some Boston Public School students, this summer vacation will not be a vacation from learning.
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) conference on student assessment is streaming live.
?This is a civil rights issue. If you look at the date someone signed up for a job as the only measure of effectiveness, that doesn't pass the test of providing for an equal opportunity for students to learn.? ?State Senator Gloria Romero,? D-Los Angeles
It's Friday, so why not slow down on your reading and watch some videos, one addressed to school principals and the other about
?There needs to be integration, including of the ultra-Orthodox.? ? Arye Carmon, President of the Israel Democracy Institute
On a number of occasions, I've written about what I call ?sector agnosticism? in urban education. It's a simple concept: we shouldn't care what sector a school belongs to (traditional public, charter public, or private); instead, we should judge schools based on their quality.
I deny that I'm in denial. But I don't deny that Neal McCluskey is paranoid, along with Jay Greene and a few other ardent blogsters and op-edsters.
In Massachusetts, music programs are getting cut, even though studies show they will improve your algebra.
?Our Regents diploma doesn't mean college-ready.? ?Meryl Tisch, Chancellor of the Regents Exam ?Revaluing Regents,? The Wall Street Journal
Deborah Gist continues to make important progress in Rhode Island. The state has a new student-driven funding formula. Projo praises it here.
Good Sawchuk article on Pittsburgh's new teacher contract, which includes several differentiated compensation elements. It's a pretty confusing agreement, but that's probably the result of lots of district-union negotiation.
Editorial Projects in EducationJune 2010
James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Nicholas S. Mader, University of Chicago National Bureau of Economic Research June 2010
Paul L. KimmelmanCorwin Publishing2010
Edward Wiley, Eleanor Spindler, and Amy SubertUniversity of Colorado at BoulderApril 2010
It’s no secret among education reformers, and among keen-eyed observers of the reform scene (in which select population we brazenly include the Education Gadfly and his Fordham pals), that the two national teacher unions are the largest, richest, shrewdest and most dogged foes of nearly all the most urgently-needed changes in American K-12 education.
Journalist and Atlantic blogger Ta-Nehisi Coates is troubled by a paradox: Why was he a failure as a student, but remarkably successful as a professional writer? A college dropout, Coates says that he just needed to learn differently—his own way, and at his own pace—than other students.
Ever been told to “read between the lines”? Turns out you do so more than you think—in fact, every time you read anything, from a menu to a philosophical treatise. That’s the premise of this piece by curriculum gurus E.D. Hirsch and Robert Pondiscio.
What do Rogers & Walker Gun Shop, First Baptist Church, McDonald’s, and The Tennessee Credit Union have in common? They’re picking up the tab for a local school facing budget problems—in return for naming rights, ad space, or a branch on school property.
If only we could attract effective teachers to high-poverty schools, we could zap the achievement gap. That’s the thinking, at least, behind a slew of reassignment programs that use everything from financial incentives to blunt force to get more top-notch teachers into lower-performing classrooms. But is the thinking itself misguided?
According to the New York Times, cheating in schools is on the rise. It’s not among students, though, but teachers, who feel increasingly pressured by yearly testing cycles to raise student achievement.
Monday on Flypaper Terry examined charter school accountability and why the charter school bargain hasn't always worked out.
?A wholesale ban on books with religious content conflicts with established U.S. Supreme Court precedent.? ? David Cortman, Senior Legal Counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund