But the report raises some concerns about Chas Anderson's conduct. It will be formally released next week.
By MIKE KASZUBA
Chas Anderson, a former top spokeswoman on education issues for Gov. Tim Pawlenty, released the results Friday of a state investigation into a consulting contract she received and said the probe "yielded no
EnlargeStudents raise their hand in math class at Visions Academy High School in Newark. AMANDA BROWN/THE STAR-LEDGERRecord number of N.J. charter school applicationsgallery (14 photos)TRENTON — Charter schools are set to aggressively expand in New Jersey after the state Department of Education received a record number of charter school applications today.
The department received 51 applications, more than it has received in at least the last 10 years, from schools hoping to open in the next academic year, said Alan Guenther, the department’s chief spokesman.
"When the review process is
Strong resolution. By? UFT? No. AFT? No. NEA? No. The United Electrical Workers. Go figure. But it’s worth the read. Hat tip to Monty Neil of Fair Test, via Leonie Heimson of NYC Public School Parents.
http://www.ueunion.org/policy_se.html
UE Convention Resolutions Public Education: Stop the Attacks and Fund Quality Education for All
One of the first demands of early labor organizations was universal quality
education. At a time when only the rich could attend decent schools, labor
leaders saw that access to publicly-funded schools was the only way that the
With the federal and state governments spending billions of dollars to improve schools and teachers, a group of thinkers from the education field gathered in Washington, D.C., Friday to say they have a better way to boost the academic achievement of kids in poor neighborhoods: Move them to middle class neighborhoods.
That was the conclusion of a panel discussion about a new report, Housing Policy Is School Policy, by The Century Foundation. The study concludes that an effort by Montgomery County, Md., to diversify its neighborhoods by moving some poor families into public housing scattered in middle class communities has had an enormous educational impact: It significantly raised the academic performance of low-income kids.
The study’s supporters say it provides the strongest evidence yet that where a child lives has the
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaking with Bryan Reyes, left, and Joshua Dickey at the Green Dot New York Charter School in the Bronx.
In “Waiting for Superman,” the new education documentary, the union leader Randi Weingarten is portrayed, in the words of Variety, as “a foaming satanic beast.”
At a two-day education summit hosted by NBC News recently, the lopsided panels often featured Ms. Weingarten on one side, facing a murderer’s row ofcharter school founders and urban superintendents. Even Tom Brokawpiled on.
It’s nothing personal, really. Ms. Weingarten happens to be the most visible, powerful leader of unionized teachers, and in that role she personifies what many reformers see as the chief obstacle to lifting dismal schools: unions that protect incompetent teachers.
A combative labor leader who does not shrink from the spotlight, Ms. Weingarten has been fighting back. She issued a written rebuttal to “Waiting for Superman,” and she has publicly debated the film’s director, Davis Guggenheim, arguing that teachers have been made scapegoats. More to the point, the portrait of Ms. Weingarten as a demonic
More than 30 schools across the city are about to embark on an experiment to rapidly boost student performance. In a plan endorsed by President Barack Obama, the city will use millions of federal dollars to either resuscitate the schools, or shut them down and open new ones.
This year, we’ll be following three of these schools.
A Brooklyn high school sees almost half its freshmen drop out before their senior year and struggles with safety,
Michelle Rhee became a public face of education reform during her tenure as head of the District of Columbia's schools, but she stepped down, several weeks after the man who appointed her, Mayor Adrian Fenty, was defeated in a Democratic primary where Rhee's celebrated yet stormy tenure was a factor. Host Michel Martin speaks with Rhee, who says she will likely never lead a school district again.
The Washington Post published an op-ed signed by several education leaders including Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee, and Superintendent Ackerman. But Ackerman has asked for her name to be removed.
According to an email from David Weiner, Ackerman "did not see nor approve the final version submitted to the Post." Weiner said that he gave the go-ahead for Ackerman's name to be put on the final version, and apologized for his error. Weiner said that Ackerman will submit her own response.
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