What about the gifted?

Anecdotal gripes that gifted children are not getting their needs met abound.

The education issue: Not dead yet

Or so reports Politico in an article that has Ed in ???08's fingerprints all over it:

Social networks and education reform

Wishful thinking

Tough to miss over the weekend were two pieces--one in the New York Times, the other in the Wall Street Journal--about high-achieving high school students and their struggles.

IgnorED in '08

Roy Romer, chairman of ED in '08, tells NPR why education is not a big issue in this year's presidential election.

Kindergarten cop

Thanks to a friend for sending this mind-boggling Palm Beach Post article:

Randi's (partly) right this time

The United Federation of Teachers is protesting a teacher's removal to one of New York City's famed "rubber rooms."

The benefit of the doubt

The editorial board of the Washington Post looks back on Mayor Fenty's first year after taking control of the D.C. public schools and is pleased so far.

The recognition they deserve, part II

This Memorial Day Weekend also brought a great piece in the Washington Post about the Washington Middle School for Girls.

The recognition they deserve, part I

Of course our fallen soldiers deserve the recognition they receive this special day (deserve much more than that, for sure), but this Memorial Day Weekend brought some recognition for a few living heroes, too.

Rhee turns back reform in D.C.

School reformers have been infatuated with D.C. chancellor Michelle Rhee since she took office last fall. But for me, that ended today when I read that Rhee has ???scrapped???

Catching waves

Mike Antonucci tracks the latest media wave, about teachers who don't teach.

Flypaper, delivered

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Dress for success

So, after posting this, Mike drops me an email asking if I've got his back... I, of course, ask if he is insinuating that my blond highlights are not completely au naturelle.??

More on Mexico

Calexico (a U.S. border town) is kicking out of its schools Mexican students, who bring down test scores.

Boy, oh boy

Over at NRO, two writers, Carrie Lukas and Kathleen Parker, are displeased about the recent American Association of University Women report that finds education's so-called "boys crisis" to be fiction.

Red scare

No, I'm not referring to my supposed McCarthyite tendencies, but this: "Girl barred from school over red highlights." (More

Refinnished

Psst.... Checker's had work done. (Via Russo.)

Paul Peterson gives props to Jeff Kuhner!

Wait, it's not this Paul Peterson, it's this Paul Peterson.

Because schools don't have any real teaching to do

The other day it was solving the childhood obesity epidemic; today it's improving the state of family life: "

The death of school reform is greatly exaggerated

Former presidential aspirant Fred Thompson has a piece on conservatism in the Wall Street Journal today that's

Whoa there

Mike makes good points about Thompson's article. But modesty about the lengths to which the KIPP/Amistad/SEED models can be stretched is warranted.

Mainstream media flubs it

We must excavate the salient parts. If the title of this AP story is true, then the chaperone in question possesses a supreme mastery of duct-tape techniques??and probably should write a book. It's not true, though. I know. It's impossible to seal a door with duct tape.

It's more than hygiene...

I'm encouraged this morning reading this article about Idaho's work in crafting standardized performance evaluations for teachers.

Gotta have The Gadfly

The newest Gadfly is out. In it, Checker and I write about how states, loath to see their dropout rates rise, are backtracking on high school exit exams.

South of the border

From The Economist: Mexico is making moves to fix its broken educational system (a system that affects the U.S.??in obvious ways).

VP watch: The education angle

The New York Times reports today that Senator John McCain is set to meet with three contenders for the VP slot on his ticket: former Massachus

Re: VP Watch: The education angle

We've written before about Governor Bobby Jindal. There's lots to like.

Re: Re: VP Watch: The education angle

Liam makes a good point. Did I mention that Mitt Romney is smart and savvy on education reform?

Choice for parents, not for schools

This article out of New Orleans is about several selective charter schools that admit only those students that pass entrance tests or navigate complicated admissions processes. This is a big no-no with charter supporters. According to the piece: