Friday, January 28, 2011

Schools Matter: Weekend Reading

Schools Matter: Weekend Reading

Weekend Reading

New: Adding Up the Spending: Fiscal Disparities and Philanthropy Among New York City Charter Schools by Bruce Baker and Richard Ferris is a must-read.

The Department of Ed launched an education dashboard earlier this week. The DOE will soon be unveiling another tool to track school improvement grants.

Russo makes a few interesting points about progressives resisting education reform. One might fairly answer that there are alternatives out there, but they are not supported by the current administration nor pushed through big screen/TV exposure. There are active Twitter discussions about genuine progressive education reform and a