Don’t skip this step: Designing evaluations of teachers starts with trust - by Merrill Vargo
Where do teachers fit into the current landscape of education reform? The results of the recent Met Life poll should surprise no one: Teachers’ morale is at an all-time low. The causes are not hard to see, and include a combination of budget cuts and layoffs along with a decade of NCLB-inspired scripted [...]
Heavy editing on textbook publishers - by Kathryn Baron
It’s a sure sign that an issue has hit crisis mode when Republican and Democratic legislators are on the same page about what needs to happen. In this case, it’s a fraying page from a textbook industry that needs some help embracing change. The Senate Education Committee yesterday handily approved two more bills aimed at lowering [...]
ICLow marks for Brown not his ideas - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
California voters give Gov. Jerry Brown low marks overall for the way he has handled K-12 education. But, at the same time, they support some school reforms that he’s championing, including directing much of new revenue to poor students, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll. The poll, of 2,005 Californians earlier this month, [...]