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Are you an accountability expert?
If so, then you're in luck because the Laura and John Arnold Foundation is looking for a director of public accountability.
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Become an education Gadfly
If you’re a skilled researcher with a talent for writing and a passion for education, an internship with the Fordham Institute may a perfect fit. We seek resourceful, intelligent, detail-oriented, hard-working individuals who are capable of excelling in an intellectually stimulating and often intense work environment.
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Are you an accountability expert?
If so, then you might be in luck. The Laura and John Arnold Foundation is looking for a director of public accountability.
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Your intro to the ed-policy world
Have a talent for research? A knack for opinion writing? Can you keep an office humming? If so, apply to be an intern at the Fordham Institute. We seek resourceful, intelligent, detail-oriented, hard-working individuals who are capable of excelling in an intellectually stimulating and often intense work environment.
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Gadflies wanted!
If you’re a skilled researcher with a talent for writing and a passion for education, an internship with the Fordham Institute may a perfect fit.
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Southern-fried education reform
Alabama’s A+ Education Partnership seeks to hire an executive director to develop and lead a new division, the A+ Center for Innovation (CFI). Scheduled to launch in January 2013, the A+ Center for Innovation will promote and facilitate innovation in schools by providing information, technical assistance, and implementation grants to re-imagine and redesign the education of students.
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Have a vision for education?
The Vision Network of Delaware is seeking an Executive Director to serve as a breakthrough leader in building the capacity of First State schools to drive and sustain unprecedented academic gains, and to develop the long-term strategy for the organization. To learn more and apply, visit the position page.
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Join a hub of entrepreneurial education
The Cities for Education Entrepreneurship Trust (CEE-Trust) is looking for an assistant director to design and implement new blended-learning programming, consult for member groups, and keep the organization humming.
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Join Fordham's team
Would you like to work at the forefront of national education policy? Are you a resourceful researcher and ed policy wonk? A talented writer? Are you prepared to star in ridiculous April Fool's Day videos?
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Are you an all-star principal?
The Kern Family Foundation is looking for top principals to participate in a study of effective school leaders by taking a brief survey to identify the characteristics and attributes of high-performing principals. All information is confidential and participants will receive a comprehensive personal report valued at $400.00.
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Preview the future of digital learning
Is digital learning education’s latest fad or its future? What fundamental changes to the ways we fund, staff, and govern American schools are necessary to fulfill the technology's potential? Find out on Thursday, April 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
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Kick as high as you CAN
Congratulations to Marc Porter-Magee and his hardworking staff at 50-CAN. The blossoming organization is opening its first international headquarters in Ottawa, to be called Can-CAN. Applications for an executive director and government-affairs manager are currently being accepted.
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Help a brother out
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to know if its investments in K-12 education are making a lick of difference.
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Checkmate
Fordham is proud to announce the creation of the Think Tank Review Review Review Review Project, TTR4P.
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Erratum: "The school-homonym fallacy"
In last week’s Education Gladfly, we praised Mitt Romney for finally focusing on education during this election season (“Holy baloney, they care about education!,” March 29, 2012).
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NCTQ wants you!
The National Council on Teacher Quality has an opening on its leadership team for a District Policy Director. If you’re an ed-policy wonk with expertise in district policies and senior-level experience in a school district, visit the NCTQ employment page to learn more and apply.
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Under a rock this April Fools' Day?
If so, here’s an update: The “War on the Common Core” turned out to be more literal than we had thought, Whitney Tilson is being, well, Whitney T
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A look at the (digital) future of learning
Time running out to sign up for next week’s discussion of the role of digital learning in education’s future. On May 17, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. EDT, an all-star lineup of online learning experts—including iNACOL’s Susan Patrick, Tom Vander Ark, and many more—will gather in Columbus, Ohio to examine where technology is taking education in the years to come.
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Help build(ing) excellent schools
Building Excellent Schools is looking for an experienced manager and committed ed reformer to lead its new Excellent Schools Network.
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Join GreatSchools
Love D.C.? Passionate about education? GreatSchools is looking for a program director committed to improving educational outcomes for District children by inspiring and guiding parents to be involved. Find all the details at the GreatSchools website.
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The other NCLB
The achievement gap will cede the stage at the American Enterprise Institute’s “No Citizen Left Behind: Closing America’s Civic Empowerment Gap” discussion in on May 14. Harvard scholar Meira Levinson will join AEI’s Rick Hess and Charles B. Adams of The SEED School of Washington, D.C. from 9 to 10:30 a.m. for a conversation about her book of the same name.
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Have a knack for the education biz?
SABIS Educational Systems, Inc., an international EMO that operates nine schools and licenses its education program to charters in several states, is looking to hire a business development specialist. In this position, you’d identify opportunities to start new schools or license programs; several years experience conducting new market analysis and/or project management are a must.
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Fordham LIVE! Pricing the Common Core
Next Wednesday's discussion on the dollar costs of Common Core implementation will now feature an important new voice: former Department of Education official and noted Common Core skeptic Ze'ev Wurman. Wurman will add his insights to a panel that already includes former Florida Education Commissioner Eric J.
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Keep Fordham humming
Do you have experience in nonprofit financial and accounting practices and an understanding of office administration? Are you interested in working in a small, fast-moving, lively, and demanding work environment? Are you cheerful, bright, friendly, and eager? You’re in luck, as Fordham is hiring an accounting and office manager for our Washington, D.C. office.
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Run a first-rate school
The Kauffman School, a new public-charter school established by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, is looking for a Chief Executive Officer to oversee a rigorous college-prep program. Senior management and teaching experience, as well as a commitment to results-oriented leadership, are key.
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The NGA could be the place for you
The National Governors Association is seeking two experienced professionals to join its education division as senior policy analysts.
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NACSA is hiring!
The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), which works to expand excellence within the charter-school sector, is looking for both a state and federal policy analyst and a director of state and
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Is American education coming apart?
In his latest best seller, Charles Murray depicts a growing class divide which has fundamentally reshaped American culture, society, and economics. Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 has generated plenty of attention and controversy since its release, but it does not delve deeply into what that divide means for U.S. education.
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$1 million to start a great school
The Mind Trust is offering a cool million dollars to teams willing to start life-changing schools in Indianapolis. The organization’s Charter School Incubator initiative will award start-up funding, distributed through a rigorous performance review and accountability process, to teams committed to developing large systems of the highest-quality public charter schools in that city.