Gadfly Bites - 10/31/14
District merger update, how (not) to sell an old school building, and the Good Mathkeeping Seal of Approval.
District merger update, how (not) to sell an old school building, and the Good Mathkeeping Seal of Approval.
Not sure if it’s the impending arrival of Halloween or of next week’s election that is curtailing the education news stories (two very different versions of trick or treat there), but for whatever reason, there’s not much to report on today. But let’s make the most out of what we have, shall we?
More character ed? Wouldn't be prudent. Robert Pondiscio
Judging individual teachers is easier than judging the programs that prepare them. Dara Zeehandelaar
Closing down open enrollment, hate the standards AND the test, dual enrollment success, and more
Arne Duncan in Columbus, small cities solving big-city problems, and Not This Again?!
Disciplinary transfers, arts and education, and "test mania" mania.
Parents in Columbus need lots of information to make Ohio's "parent trigger" law truly helpful.
Both sides of the testing debate, parent trigger in Columbus, and an editorial smackdown.
Checking in on state board of ed races, modular classrooms, and closing bad charters.
Assessment is the drab side of schooling; but high-quality assessments are crucial.
There is no room for Sisyphus in the fight to improve Ohio schools.
Education reforms impact parents, grandparents and guardians.
Charter schools, feeding and weighing pigs, and more charter schools.
A couple of school success stories, ESC weirdness, and budgetary philosophizing.
Common Core repeal hearings return, fortifying our intestines again, suburban microcosms, and an inspirational story.
Common Core math, budgetary prognostication, ooohing and aaahing, and more.
The strike ends, grades will be weighted, the curve is ruined, and apparently no one likes taking tests.
Data gurus raise prickly issues around the issue of boosting teacher quality.
Progress in Cleveland (?), stealth negotiations (?), and the return of Common Core hearings (?).
Why do first year teachers leave the profession, and what can be done about it?
Blended learning: electronic babysitting, latest fad or education breakthrough?
The "Massachusetts Miracle" was more than just higher standards implemented well.
Funding and quality in charter schools, views from 50,000 fee down to an individual school.