Teachers: "Glee", "Mad Men" Names Soon To Be In Kindergarten [image: ScreenHunter_12 Dec. 08 12.54] In five years, every kindergarten classroom will have at least two Sophias, probably an Isabella, and perhaps four boys whose name rhymes with the Gulf of Aden. BabyCenter reports that 2010's most popular names ...
Reform: Rhee, Dunbar High, & California's Parent Trigger [image: 2hrpldy] What a strange week it's been for education -- from the announcement of Michelle Rhee's new advocacy organization (joining SFC and DFER among others), the first use of California's parent trigger at a Compton elementary school, and ...
Thompson: The "Earned Autonomy" Fallacy [image: Respect] The original sin of data-driven "reform" was the concept of earned respect "earned autonomy." In New York City, for instance, an "inspectorate" determined which schools had earned the right to provide holistic, respectful, and ...
