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Thompson: Collective Instructional Leadership Is Better

The true beliefs of some principals around the issue of instructional leadership are eye-opening, as revealed in Kirsten Olson's recent EdWeek Commentary. One good example: "Being out in classes, I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be seeing. ... " Fortunately, EdWeek's Christina Samuels reports

Research: Whitehurst Addresses Criticism Of "Zone" Report

Brookings' Russ Whitehurst put out a followup to his report on the Harlem Children's Zone that includes some new data and revised calculations as well as an attempt to clarify the focus of the report and correct our (mis)interpretations of its findings:

Technology: Beware "Analog Nostalgie"

"The fact that you spent hours in the college library writing papers doesn't necessarily mean that a student who spends those hours in her room writing papers (or crafting multimedia presentations) has had an education less rich than yours."

AM News: Senate Dems Revive $10B Edujobs Bill [image: News2]Senate Moves EduJobs and FMAP Funding Washington Independent: This evening, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) attached an amendment with funding to preserve teachers’ jobs and to provide much-needed Medicaid funding to states to a Federal ...

Research: Whitehurst Addresses Criticism Of "Zone" Report [image: Screen-shot-2010-07-22-at-11.34.52-AM] Brookings' Russ Whitehurst put out a followup to his report on the Harlem Children's Zone that includes some new data and revised calculations as well as an attempt to clarify the focus of the report and ...