Ed Dept. pours $43 million into reform program with questionable results
The U.S. Education Department is pouring $43 million more in federal funds into a program that is aimed at improving the lowest-performing schools but has had highly questionable results. The department announced last week that seven states would receive more than $43.4 million through the School Improvement Grants program: Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode […]
‘Five things I did not expect from my Teach For America experience’
Here is part of a post that Julian Vasquez Heilig, an award-winning researcher and associate professor of educational policy and planning at the University of Texas at Austin, wrote on his Cloaking Inquality blog. The piece, entitled “Tell-All From A TFA and KIPP Teacher: Unprepared, Isolation, Shame, and Burnout,” is largely about a former student of […]
12-29-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Jon Stewart’s greatest education hits ’13From 2013, in no particular order, with a bonus at the end. Jon Stewart ridicules preschool critics — 3/7/13 The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook About the stupidity of some of the criticism of the idea of government support for high-quality preschool for all kids. Highlights: …. […] by Valerie