Publishers??? Criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy
How textbook publishers can walk the CCSS-alignment walk
How textbook publishers can walk the CCSS-alignment walk
Cut education costs, not education
School-level rewards find unlikely supporters
Findings that won?t please the advocates
In a surprise move, Ohio's State Board of Education today tapped Interim Superintendent Stan Heffner as the state's new schools chief.?? Heffner never actually applied for the job when it opened up last spring and instead announced he'd be leaving Ohio in August for a job with ETS.??
Yesterday, two days before the state board of education was slated to announce Ohio's new state superintendent, a second of the three finalists for the job removed himself from consideration. And the word on the street is that he exited the race over money, something the board could have prevented.
Today in his piece, ?Understanding upper-middle-class parents,? Mike asked one question in particular that stood out to me: Can affluent parents (who are satisfied with their own kids' schools) be energized to fight on behalf of school reform for the poor? He goes on:
Clip on this tool belt before hammering out a new CBA
Not enough money, too much conventional thinking
Robust study draws questionable conclusions
The NEA may want to lose weight, but it can?t find a diet it likes