This Week In Education AM News: Lawmakers Question RTTT Funding Scheme

This Week In Education

AM News: Lawmakers Question RTTT Funding Scheme

by Alexander Russo

Obama's plan to reward schools for innovation sparks debate Washington Post: Most states will not receive a dime this year from the school reform fund. Some senior lawmakers say there's a limit to the value of competition at a time of enormous fiscal strain on schools... Union blasts city schools overhaul plan Boston Globe: The Boston Teachers Union started galvanizing opposition yesterday to parts of Superintendent Carol R. Johnson’s plan to overhaul 12 underperforming schools, after she called for teachers to work dozens of additional hours without extra pay... Pension funds for teachers are short billions USA Today: The multibillion-dollar pension funds that promise to pay lifetime benefits to millions of the USA's retired teachers are more than $900 billion ...NEA Plan for Rewriting NCLB Departs From Obama's EdWeek: The teachers' union says its blueprint for renewing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act offers a fresh approach to the law.

Thompson: Mind Your Own Business

by john thompson

Reformers assume that teachers should be held more accountable for increasing student performance, and that hypothesis may or may not be thrown on the junkpile of history. But wouldn't students be better served if administrators concentrated on administration? Shouldn't principals just focus on discipline and refereeing the the diverse personalities in the complex social organizations known as schools? Wouldn't it make more sense to evaluate people on what they actually do and for addressing the circumstances under their control?