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Hug it out
This week, Mike and Rick talk about why Quality Counts thinks U.S. education is the world's best, kids at Brown have so much time to throw naked parties, and Texas is a progressive place.
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I got that socialist feelin'
This week, Andy and Stafford discuss good grades in the Big Apple, school violence in Chi-town, and young principals in Beantown. Then Amber gives us the lowdown on the PDK/Gallup poll of American opinion on education and Rate that Reform grades Obama's (speech) lesson plans.
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I know it was you, Fredo
This week, Mike and Rick talk about supes, Catholics, and Cubans. We've got an interview with Jonas Chartock of the Charter School Policy Institute, and Education News of the Weird is one with the people. Click here to listen through our website and view past editions.
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Image redux
You heard it here first: Michelle Mhee, DC Chancellor of Schools, will appear on next month's cover of Good Housekeeping magazine. Sporting an "I ♥ teachers" apron, sundress, and Bissell Versus, she simply glows against the bright kitchen backdrop.
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Inaugural edition
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Inaugural edition
Click here to listen to our inaugural show on your computer today! To subscribe to this podcast, or to learn more about how podcasts work, click here.
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In case you missed it
The Rockefeller Institute put on a swell symposium last year about the lack of transparency in state accountability systems. Check it out here.
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In defense of Jewish History Month
This week, Mike and Rick debate Arne's pot of discretionary boodle, the real salary potential of teachers, and the post-Obama fate of Black History Month. Then Amber explains why we should be suspicious of a new study on lead levels and achievement and Rate that Reform documents schools' Valentine's Day coping strategies.
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Indiana Governor's Office seeks education and workforce policy analyst
The Indiana Governor's Office is looking for an analyst to work on education and workforce issues. Successful candidate would work closely with the Governor's senior education policy advisor to develop legislative and policy initiatives aimed at improving the performance of Indiana's schools, universities, and workforce training programs.
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Indianapolis mayor seeks assistant director for charter schools
The Mayor of Indianapolis-the country's only mayor with the authority to sponsor charter schools-seeks an assistant director for charter schools to help coordinate the application review process, oversee charter schools, and develop an accountability process with the mayor. For details see www.charterauthorizers.org (click on Jobs).
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Initial Lessons from W.E.B. DuBois in Cincinnati
On May 27, the Cincinnati Enquirer ran a front page story announcing that the board of the state’s top performing charter school—the W.E.B. DuBois Academy—had voted to close the school due to serious financial problems. As the school’s sponsor, the Thomas B.
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In mind we trust
The Mind Trust is now accepting applications for its Indianapolis-based Education Entrepreneur Fellowship. It's a fantastic idea that seeks to develop promising education ventures. Find out more here.
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Innovate! Improve! Work for the federal government!
The Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education is looking to fill a civil service position that oversees its school choice and charter school programs. It's an important job.
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Insert [banter, small talk, and offensive jokes] here
This week, Mike and Rick discuss a school in Massachusetts that wants to rise above test scores, the death of “No Child Left Behind” (as a name, not a law!), and out-of-work ed-school grads. Then Amber presents Fordham’s latest report on national standards and Rate that Reform wishes Texas really would secede.
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Insourcing exercise
Oakwood Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, is taking childhood obesity seriously. Concerned about its rapidly widening student population, the school revamped recess last year and made playtime less about chit chat and more about burning calories.
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Intern at Fordham
We need a fall intern. The best candidates are college students or recent graduates who are interested in education policy; fine writers; sharp thinkers; described on their Facebook profiles by words such as fun, lively, amicable, humorous, and perspicacious.
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International instruction for national standards
You won't want to miss our May 5 conference, "International Lessons about National Standards." Michigan State's William Schmidt will offer major new findings while Education Secretary Arne Duncan will keynote. You can sign up for this all-day event at the Capitol Hilton in downtown D.C.
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Intern candidates: Step into our office
Such exciting times! Fordham has D.C.-based internship opportunities available in both our research and new media departments. We’re looking for those who want to engage in thoughtful research in a fast-paced, high-energy office and those who wish to spread the education reform word through online networking, blogging, and video.
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Intern for Rhee
The District of Columbia Public Schools has opened the application process for the fall 2009 iteration of the Urban Education Leadership Program. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until September 18 for an internship position that would last until December 2009. You can find more information here.
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Intern with Fordham
Are you bright, witty, a great writer, and detail oriented? Then you just may be perfect for our research internships. Fordham is currently seeking summer interns to help us with research, commentary, and office duties.
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Introducing Fordham's latest report...
...Is a panel of Fordham Trustees (featuring David Driscoll, Bruno Manno, Rod Paige, and Diane Ravitch) on February 23 from 4:30-5:45. The topic: whether NCLB damaged school accountability--and if President Obama can mend it.
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I propose a toast
This week, Mike and Rick chat about MBA principals, New York City's data-tracking, and what else ails Dallas. Education News of the Weird is personality driven. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
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iRobot--no, not the movie
This week, Mike and guest host Dave DeSchryver, who is on facebook, talk growth models, Ohio's teachers, and Chicago's military. We chat with the Cato Institute's Neal McCluskey, and Education News of the Weird is well-rounded. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
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Is 2010 the Year for NCLB?
The Wall Street Journal’s Gerald F. Seib is wise in the ways of Washington and practiced at reading its political entrails. But is he right to think that K–12 education is the great centrist issue of 2010--and that it will reignite the Democrats’ prospects by appealing to independents and least a few Republicans? Hmmm.
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ISO lesson plan writer
The mylifeisabout (MLIA) project, an online/in-class interactive program for teens based on Stedman Graham’s New York Times Bestseller, Teens Can Make It Happen, and his “9- Step Success Process,” is seeking a writer experienced in lesson plan design.
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Italians take over ed policy?
This week, Petrilli and guest co-host Palmieri ponder DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's new teaching and learning standards, Los Angeles's school outsourcing plan, and Detroit's attempt to solve bankruptcy by spending more money. Then Amber tells us about a new EEPA study on curriculum similarity and Mickey sits in on Rate that Reform with a mass dress code fiasco.
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It's a bargain
February 20th at 4:00 p.m. is when Fordham will host a can't-miss discussion about our forthcoming collective bargaining study. Our panel: Bill Raabe, the National Education Association director of collective bargaining and member advocacy; Terry Grier, superintendent of Guilford County Schools; and Gail Littlejohn from the Center for Reform of School Systems.
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It's a dance off
This week, Mike and Rick contemplate the future of the Washington Consensus, graduation rates, and the much debated ed sec pick. Amber then knocks the new Ed Sector 21st Century Skills report down to size and Rate that Reform talks high school serial killers.
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It's all Chinese to us
In last week’s editorial (“Chinese alarm bells,” May 13, 2010), we erroneously attributed 325 Chinese "guest teachers" to Asia Society's network. Guest teachers are provided to Asia Society and other Confucius Classroom programs through the College Board and other sources.