We are happy to announce that the next class of Fordham Fellows has begun work at various education-policy organizations about Washington. Irrepressible to the core, they're also blogging. Read what they have to say, here.
We are happy to announce that the next class of Fordham Fellows has begun work at various education-policy organizations about Washington. Irrepressible to the core, they're also blogging. Read what they have to say, here.
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The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, together with the National Center for Education and the Economy and the Progressive Policy Institute, will be holding a policy forum to explore ways to help local, state and federal education officials meet the expectations of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Again filling the research void on collective bargaining and teacher governance, the National Council on Teacher Quality will hold a conference on March 26 entitled "Help or Hindrance?
The National Council on Teacher Quality recently updated its research database on teacher rules and regulations. Now, you can find information from 100 districts and all 50 states. It's all here.
The National Council on Teacher Quality is looking to hire a project manager and several research analysts.
Are you smart? Motivated? Dedicated? Looking for a stellar place to work and some outstanding colleagues? Well, the National Council on Teacher Quality is hiring. Open positions include one project manager slot and several research analyst openings.
Again filling the research void on collective bargaining and teacher governance, the National Council on Teacher Quality will hold a conference on March 26 entitled Help or Hindrance?
The Washington-based National Council on Teacher Quality is looking for a policy analyst for immediate hire.
The National Council on Teacher Quality has announced the second year of its national research competition on teacher quality. The competition focuses on original research that uses NCTQ’s excellent TR3 database of collective bargaining agreements.
The National Council on Teacher Quality's conference, Help or Hindrance? The Impact of Teacher Roles, Rules and Rights on Teacher Quality, is just days away. Presenting the fruits of a competition to best use NCTQ's database on collective bargaining agreements, the day-long event will feature five original papers and six stupendous judges.
The National Council on Teacher Quality is launching a research competition--first prize is $15,000! Get the details here.
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced the availability of nearly $100 million in grants that will be made available to local schools, districts and charter schools to improve the teaching of American history.
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced the availability of nearly $100 million in grants that will be made available to local schools, districts and charter schools to improve the teaching of American history.
Too often in education we hear “These kids can’t learn” or “We have to deal with poverty before you can fix the schools.” Such sentiments seem
Last week, researchers at the revered, centrist Spookings Institution unveiled what they called "the end-all, be-all--the thing that will fix our nation's broken schools": Education's Silver Bullet.
Debates over "21st century skills" continue, but some forward looking lawmakers are taking a new approach. "The time has come to move beyond this stale political deadlock and work on something we can all agree on: 22nd century skills," explained Jonathan Archer, a Massachusetts state senator.
The Charter School Leadership Council, a new coalition of eight national organizations leading the charter school movement, seeks a knowledgeable and skilled person to provide professional staff support and coordination.
Aside from ex-governor Jon Corzine, no one lost bigger in November’s Garden State gubernatorial election than the New Jersey Education Association. That, at least, is the sense in Trenton, where newly-elected Governor Chris Christie has declared war with the teachers’ union.
New Leaders for New Schools fosters high academic achievement for every child by recruiting, training, and supporting the next generation of outstanding urban public school principals.
Stung that the replacement of dissenting members of New York City's board of education produced hostile editorial comment in an election year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein will institute caning in the event that such a thing should happen again.
The New America Foundation's Education Policy Program seeks an associate director and a policy analyst. See here for more info.
The brand new Institute of Education Sciences (which replaced the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement) has announced that it seeks to award over $90 million in new grants to support research on teacher quality, reading comprehension, effective math education, character development, preschool curricula, and other topics.
The brand new Institute of Education Sciences (which replaced the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement) has announced that it seeks to award over $90 million in new grants to support research on teacher quality, reading comprehension, effective math education, character development, preschool curricula, and other topics.
San Francisco's New Schools Ventures Fund - a high-impact education philanthropy fund that invests in scalable non-profit and for-profit ventures, especially in underserved communities - is seeking an Associate Partner to assist the CEO in supporting and developing its network of educators, philanthropists, policy makers, entrepreneurs and business leaders.
On May 16th, the U.S. Department of Education's flagship television show, Education News Parents Can Use, will focus on the latest No Child Left Behind tools available for parents. Topics will include SES and school choice. Concerned moms and dads, take note. The program will air at 8 p.m. and last one hour.
