Reform: What To Call "Anti-Reformers"?
Going back as far as 2007, I've been debating with reform critics about just what to call them -- an issue that is either completely superficial and unimportant or a key factor in shaping how people think and act around education issues. My suggestions (poverty racers, reform opponents, traditional educators, infidels) have been unsatisfactor from their point of view. Their suggestions (real reformers, context-based reformers) seemed not to convey much meaning or have any chance of widespread adoption. (They really want the reform mantle to be theirs, or to recast reformers as corporate reformers but I don't see either of those things happening.) I'm not sure how this
Time: Chicago Rebrands Extended School Day Campaign
Speaking of (re)branding, Chicago Public Schools is attempting to rebrand the push for more student class time. The initiative, previously called "extended" day, is now
AM News: Traditional Teacher Prep Still Dominates
New Data on Teacher Education Begins to Flow Teacher Beat: A total of about 724,000 [teaching candidates] were enrolled in teacher-preparation programs in 2008-09, with 89 percent at traditional programs, 6 percent at university-based alternative routes, and 5 percent at nonuniversity-based alternative routes.
Student With Pellet Gun Is Killed by Police NYT: A 15-year-old student at a