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Spago, Paris Hilton, and you?
The Broad Foundation has some job openings in its education division. All are located in sunny Los Angeles. Find them here.
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Speaking of the future (at AEI)???
While we're speculating on Secretaries and technology, how about the future of school choice? You can have all your questions answered about that future in the very near future at this AEI event!
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Speaking of the future (at AEI)???
While we're speculating on Secretaries and technology, how about the future of school choice? You can have all your questions answered about that future in the very near future at this AEI event!
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Speech! Speech!
For anyone who missed the Foundation for Excellence in Education’s Education in Action summit last week (a.k.a. “Jebfest”), videos of some key speeches are now available online.
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Spellings's amnesia: Nothing to sneeze at
The Newest New Republic recently suggested that Vice President Dick Cheney's erratic behavior and "darkening persona" can be explained by his long history of heart disease. Which got us thinking: could Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings's frequent bouts of amnesia (still
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Spellings to speak about charters
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools recently confirmed Education Secretary Margaret Spellings as a keynote speaker for its upcoming charter schools conference in Albuquerque in April. Other speakers include Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham and former hoops star Kevin Johnson. Click here for more.
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Spencer, Heidi, and Rick
This week, Mike and Rick discuss the 46-state pledge for national standards, Andrew Coulson's proposal that DC pick up the tab for its dying voucher program, and the place of texting and cell phones in schools. Then, Amber tells us about a depressing new report on teacher self-sorting by student demographics and Stafford cuts the College Board some slack on Rate That Reform.
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Spencer job opening
The Spencer Foundation, an organization that seeks to foster the development of new knowledge about education with the aim of educational improvement, wants to add a creative and forward-looking colleague to its team of Senior Program Officers.
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Stafford makes Rick cry
This week, Rick and Stafford contemplate eleventh-hour RTT-minded legislation, the most creative ideas from AEI’s and Fordham’s conference on school finance, and Randi’s overtures on teacher quality. Then Amber explains the new NAPCS state charter law rankings and Rate that Reform forgets English.
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Stafford's Got Talent
This week, Mike and Stafford discuss ACORN-affiliated schools, Texas’s stand against the common core standards, and the rise and fall of helicopter parents. Then Amber tells us about the affects of NCLB accountability on student achievement and Rate that Reform grades grades.
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Stand up for Kevin Johnson
Mayor of Sacramento Kevin Johnson is currently seeking an entrepreneurial leader to be the Executive Director of a new non-profit, STAND UP. This organization works directly with the mayor’s office on issues related to accountability, school choice, human capital, parental involvement, and resource development in that city’s schools.
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Statboy's debut
Do you spend your weekends and holidays dreaming about regression models and large-scale data sets? If so, don't miss Mark Schneider - the new commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) - who will give his first public remarks this coming Monday, February 6th, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
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State Charter Program Ruled Constitutional
After a five year battle, the high court ruled today to uphold Ohio's Community School law defining charter schools as public schools, consistent with the charter laws of other states. (Ohio's statute refers to charters as "community schools"). The ruling in the case of State of Ohio, Ohio Congress of Parent and Teachers v.
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Statmeister shines
On Tuesday, Mark Schneider opened his talk at AEI by imploring this publication to change his moniker from Statboy to Statstud. The commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics then proceeded to deliver an eloquent address outlining the challenges that lie ahead for NCES.
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Staying ahead of the Common Core curve
Trying to keep up with the current tally of states who’ve adopted the Common Core State Standards? So were we. That’s why we created this handy-dandy map, located now on our Common Core Resource Page. It’s updated as soon as we get wind of new state adopters so check back often!
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Stay tuned
A study out today from the Education Department confirms what we've been saying: "proficiency" means wildly different things from one state to the next (see New York Times coverage
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Republic of Scarsdale?
It's no new news that Scarsdale, NY has long disdained tests and suffered from an inflated ego on this topic as well. Its latest ploy to distinguish itself from the pack?
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Researchers and data analysts sought by DC
The District of Columbia's State Education Office (SEO) has two openings in its Policy Research and Analysis Division.
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Researchers sought for government think tank on volunteering and the nonprofit sector
The Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the AmeriCorps service program, VISTA, and other programs, and will work closely with President Bush on the new USA Freedom Corps, is creating an in-house think tank to evaluate its programs and improve research related to volunteering, civic engagement, and the nonprofit sector.
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Rewriting history saves money
In a rare cease-fire in education's long-running war of ideas, the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation announced this week that it has reached a negotiated settlement with the major publishers of history textbooks and state textbook adoption agencies.
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Rheejoice! Our savior has come!
Michelle Rhee's recent firing of Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty and the entire workforce of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has not gone without notice. Predictably, the usual suspects have found much about which to complain. "Why is the schools chancellor dismissing Metro employees?
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Richard Lee Colvin, in the house
This week, Mike and Rick discuss the ascent of Representative Kline to ranking minority leader on the House Committee on Education and Labor, Detroit Public Schools' dance with bankruptcy, and Duncan's emphasis on structural reforms.
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Rick can't read
This week, Mike and Rick discuss Rick's stunning confession that he can't read a word of the 37 books he's published, debate Ed Thrust's new "Highly Qualified Bus Driver" proposal, and decide education is an economically dead field.
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Rick dons a meat dress
Mike and Rick get serious about the D.C. and DE elections, and then dissect school suspension rates. Amber tackles high school reading programs and Rate that Reform transforms into a 3-D optical illusion.
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Rick goes green(field)
He might wear Tevas, but Rick hasn’t left education for environmental policy. Instead, he’s presenting his new book, Education Unbound, which is about greenfield schooling, a.k.a., how to create more opportunities for education entrepreneurs.
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Rick Hess, cave dweller
Mike and Rick talk social promotion, portfolios, and closing down schools on Election Day. Then Amber tells about a new report from AIR and Stafford goes raw on Rate that Reform. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
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Rick Hess, non-voter
This week, Mike and Rick discuss the new NCLB regs, coupling collective bargaining with cutting district fat, and the controversial proposal for a gay high school in Chicago. Amber then enlightens us with her thoughts on the School Finance Redesign Project's new report and Rate that Reform talks Mustangs-motorized, not four-legged.
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Rick Hess: Olympian
This week, Mike and Rick talk teachers, Crew, and food theft. Amber tells us about where stand charter schools in 2008, and Education News of the Weird is fighting against the power. Click here to listen through our website and peruse past editions.
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Rick Hess, over-exposed
This week, it’s all Rick all the time in his new Rick-only segment, “Bent Sideways with Rick Hess.” Hear him read aloud the last ten 1500-word “Straight Up” blog posts, which feature the word “I” a mere ninety-three times, in under twenty minutes.