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Housing Policy is School Policy: Economically Integrative Housing Promotes Academic Success in Montgomery County, Maryland
Poor kids do better when they live in affluent neighborhoods
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Cracks in the ivory tower? Education professors on standards
Fordham's recent survey of education-school professors, Cracks in the Ivory Tower? The Views of Education Professors Circa 2010, reveals a remarkable openness among teachers of teachers to many K-12 reform initiatives sweeping the reform landscape today.
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Whither ? or withering ? CMOs?
Ed Next lives up to its mission statement ? ?in the stormy seas of school reform? giving voice (without fear or favor) to worthy research, sound ideas, and responsible arguments?? ? with its new ?forum? on Charter Management Organizations.
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Major Victory for Charters in NYS
The New York State Charter School Association's Peter Murphy is reporting some good news from the Empire State, via the state's highest court:? charter schools are exempt from the onerous ?prevailing wage? laws.
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Toward excellence in charter school authorizing
Terry and Kathryn are in Arizona this week for the annual NACSA Leadership Conference where they are sharing lessons learned from Fordham's five years as a charter school authorizer in the Buckeye State.
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Not embarrassed
The U.S. secretary of education is feeling just fine about the proposed teacher contract in Baltimore, thank you very much. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
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Full of it
Yesterday Randi Weingarten was interviewed by host Neal Conan on NPR's Talk of the Nation. Had I been listening, and had I learned that Weingarten was the program's guest, I would have turned the dial.
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Michelle Rhee to NJ?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ?has reportedly offered the former District of Columbia's schools chancellor the job of New Jersey education commissioner.? ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
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Quotable & Notable
?The greatest crime in education is accepting the status quo, and Baltimore Superintendent Andr?s Alonso and the Baltimore Teachers Union deserve a lot of credit for crafting this bold proposal.? Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education
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Education News Nuggets
iPhones for toddlers? Just how young is too young? No wonder youngsters are having difficulty paying attention and thinking critically these days.
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Education News Nuggets
If you think you had some rough patches in middle school, at least you're not this girl.?
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Field Notes: Blah-blah-blah and the art of school board miscommunication
It was over a year in the making ? not planning, just making a date: ?A Special Board of Education Meeting devoted to ?board communication.?
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Doing more for less?
Edu-gossip surrounding Michelle Rhee is rampant nowadays. The newest of the big headlines: She might be heading to New Jersey.
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Eduvoting
Education Week's Alyson Klein supplies an informative overview of upcoming, education-related ballot measures. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
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Cease-fire
Hoover Institution Fellow Eric Hanushek writes in today's Wall Street Journal that there is no war on teachers. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
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Common Core implementation: Who should do what?
Everyone knows that there's lots to be done in order for the Common Core standards to impact what actually happens in the classroom. Here's an ?Implementation To-Do List,?
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Common Core standards: Now what?
Today, Fordham released a new paper by Checker and me: Now What? Imperatives and Options for Common Core Implementation and Governance. Everyone knows that the Common Core standards won't implement themselves, but unless they are adopted in the classroom, nothing much will change.
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Quotable & Notable
?We have spent a lot of time in the last two years looking at ourselves in a mirror, trying to figure out what we've done right and what we've done wrong, and we're trying to reform.'' Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
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Education News Nuggets
Have a new idea for a school project you'd like to discuss with your parents? Don't even think about it.
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Through the Looking Glass
As headlines go, WaPo had a delicious one on a Jay Matthews story yesterday:? Curiosity is Banned at Westfield High
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Ed in '10
Education is a big issue in the Maryland gubernatorial race, according to the Baltimore Sun.
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Quotable & Notable
?Merit pay should be just one part of the picture. The point is to recognize effective teachers, to create a path where really top teachers can stay in the classroom?and they don't have to become a principal to receive higher pay.?
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Bare Knuckles Yield to Velvet Gloves
There has been so much churn in education reform circles these days?Superman!
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Carroll to Charter Colleagues: Just say NO!
Thomas Carroll, one of New York's leading charter school directors, has just sent out a memo to fellow charter network operators in the Empire State urging them NOT to participate in Race to the Top.
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Quotable & Notable
?Some people may be afraid of being held accountable.'' Amanda Peyton, a Teacher in Baltimore, on why the proposed teachers' contract was defeated
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Education News Nuggets
If you're feeling lost without Michelle Rhee in your life, try reading these greatest hits or visiting this
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Education News Nuggets
She's gone! Now what? Maybe it's time for some good ol' home-schooling for DC students.
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Spot on
If you haven't yet perused Checker's opinion piece in this week's Education Gadfly, you're missing out on one solid, sober analysis. ?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow