That’s Why � The Quick and the Ed

That’s Why � The Quick and the Ed

That’s Why

by Kevin Carey

AFT President Randy Weingarten complained that “she felt as if she constantly had to present ‘my credentials as an education reformer’ ”
- Washington Post, June 25, 2010
“Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, replied in a statement: ‘It’s deeply disappointing that a Democratic administration would threaten to veto a jobs bill because payin

QUICK Hits: Independence Day Edition

by Forrest Hinton

Image from South Orange Public Library

• Fireworks in California? Governor, legislature spar over closing an enormous budget gap. (Education on the Plate)
• Is support for federal education reform beginning to flag in the U.S. House as reps search for funds to save teacher jobs? (Politics K-12)
• Hot dog! Want to try your hand at a redraft of the Declaration of Independence? (Library of Congress)
• Is a revolution brewing around France’s most elite universities as the national government attempts to increase racial and socioeconomic diversity? (Joanne Jacobs)
• Is it the “rockets’ red glare?” Or a red and green bombardo? (NY Times)

“Tight on goals, loose on means”

by Renee Rybak

Education Sector recently hosted the event “Finding the Link: Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development.” We invited four teachers—all bloggers—to give their reactions to the discussion and ask questions of the panelists. In the days ahead, each blogger will guestblog and provide commentary about the event here on The Quick and the Ed.
The following blog post has been re-posted from Organized Chaos, written by elementary school teacher Ann Bailey-Lipsett.

I spent the morning live-tweeting “Finding the Link: Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development, an event hosted by Education Sector.
Let’s be honest: getting to go downtown, occupying a spot at the bloggers table, chatting with great teachers from other states, listening to the education debate and sharing my thoughts via twitter? Totally different than my school-year day-to-day. There was no snot, no one asked me to