Snatching Defeat From the Mouth of Victory
“Let’s take the politics out of education.” In my many years observing and writing about American education I’ve probably heard variants of that phrase hundreds of times. It’s naïve, of course. We look...
View ArticleQuick Hits 8.12.11
St. Louis public schools receive Department of Education grant. The $1.8 million grant will be used to encourage students to enroll and succeed in advanced placement classes. Only twelve of these...
View ArticleHarkin-Enzi: Strike that, Reverse it
Earlier, I praised the Harkin-Enzi ESEA Reauthorization bill’s handling of teacher and principal evaluations, noting that they found a very small middle ground between the Obama administration’s waiver...
View ArticleQuick Hits (11.22.11)
Transforming teacher work. A new Illinois report explores four objectives for improving teachers’ work, including collaboration, leadership, and professional development. (Advance Illinois) Connecting...
View ArticleContract in Hawaii, Conflict in New York
It looks like Hawaii has finally reached agreement on a new labor contract, much to the relief of the state and the USDOE who had threatened to pull back some or all of the state’s $75 million Race to...
View ArticleQuick Hits (4.30.12)
Providing tuition aid for those who don’t truly need it. Richard Kahlenberg calls tuition tax breaks “food stamps for the relatively wealthy” and encourages Congress, like Education Sector’s Steve...
View ArticleQuick Hits (6.21.12)
Searchable info on unions. ConnCAN has created a database of 173 (of 174) teachers union contracts in the state. The organization also notes important trends. (ConnCAN.org) There’s an app for that. A...
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Principals: The Biggest Bully Or The Strongest Advocate?
From Waiting to Be Won Over in 2007 to Trending Toward Reform in 2011, teachers’ opinions shifted significantly on key education reforms such as teacher evaluation and tenure. But equally important is...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Striking Teachers Edition
Edu-news is inundated with stories from and around the Chicago teachers union strike. Here’s some of the good stuff from today: Opinions: Everybody’s got one. Education Week has collected an assortment...
View ArticleQuick Hits (10.31.12)
How strong are teachers unions? This new analysis ranks the power and influence of state-level teachers unions across the country. (Thomas B. Fordham Institute) Because teaching isn’t challenging...
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