A Member of State Board Opposes Jindal Reforms
I received an email from Lottie Beebe, a member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. She is an experienced educator who won a seat on the board and has been a voice of sanity in a dark time.
As a member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), I want to thank you for your continued efforts to inform education stakeholders across our wonderful country and beyond of the concerns related to Louisiana’s education reform. As an experienced educator of 27 years, I decided to seek the BESE position because I truly wanted to contribute to the responsible reform of our educational system. However, shortly after securing the District 3 BESE seat, I realized my voice would be muffled by a group
The Debate Continues Re: Match-Relay Graduate Schools of Education
Readers of this blog are familiar with the continuing debate about two new “graduate schools of education,” created by charter schools to train charter school teachers. I put quote marks around the term for “graduate schools of education” inasmuch as I don’t see how anything can be called a graduate school that has no
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Critics Dispute Khan Academy, Khan Responds to Earlier Critic
Yesterday I posted a critique of the Khan Academy videos.
Salman Khan responds here, on Valerie Strauss’s blog in the Washington Post, where the criticism first appeared.
But now that Khan has become so high-profile, the debate intensifies.
Two professors of math education review the Khan Academy videos and conclude that they are not good ;
Salman Khan responds here, on Valerie Strauss’s blog in the Washington Post, where the criticism first appeared.
But now that Khan has become so high-profile, the debate intensifies.
Two professors of math education review the Khan Academy videos and conclude that they are not good ;
How New Orleans Did Not Get Turned Around
A reader in New Orleans responded to the post about the failure of the school-closing strategy in New York Citywith the following comments. Despite the constant repetition of the story about the “miracle in New Orleans” by Arne Duncan and the media, the New Orleans district continues to be one of the lowest performing in a low-performing state. You may recall that Secretary of Education said that Hurricane Katrina was the best thing that ever happened to the education system of New Orleans. It’s hard to produce a hurricane to wipe away public education, as happened in New Orleans. Next best to accomplish that goal is a national strategy of closing schools and opening new schools, especially charters, supported by many foundations and the U.S. Department of Education.
Message: Don’t believe the hype:
While the New York story played out differently because of the players. local and state politics the script for the wrong-headed school reformers is basically the same. In New Orleans post Hurricane Katrina we changed the
An Educator Runs for Office in Idaho
Message: Don’t believe the hype:
While the New York story played out differently because of the players. local and state politics the script for the wrong-headed school reformers is basically the same. In New Orleans post Hurricane Katrina we changed the
An Educator Runs for Office in Idaho
Clayton Trehal is running for a seat in the Idaho legislature.
He is a veteran educator.
He has sent me some of his columns, and I read them with fascination.
Clayton teaches in an online charter school, which, as readers of this blog know, are not necessarily at the top of my hit parade.
I am not as enthusiastic as he is about ranking schools by how many AP courses they offer or how many kids pass.
If I were in Idaho, I’d be inclined to emphasize the fact that Idaho students have made significant gains on NAEP
He is a veteran educator.
He has sent me some of his columns, and I read them with fascination.
Clayton teaches in an online charter school, which, as readers of this blog know, are not necessarily at the top of my hit parade.
I am not as enthusiastic as he is about ranking schools by how many AP courses they offer or how many kids pass.
If I were in Idaho, I’d be inclined to emphasize the fact that Idaho students have made significant gains on NAEP