Time for a New Year’s Eve Laugh: Best Practices
Is Dilbert a staff developer? A consultant? What is he selling? http://www.dilbert.com/strips/
Will Mayor de Blasio Charge Rent to NYC Charters?
An article by Karen Matthews in Huffington Post says that Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio plans to charge rent to well-resourced charter schools, a pledge he made during his campaign. Most charters in New York City are co-located in public schools, where they pay nothing for their use of public space and they take away much-needed classroom space from regular public schools. Charter schools in New York
G.F. Brandenburg: What Do NAEP Scores Show about D.C.?
G.F. Brandenburg keeps a close watch on D.C. Schools. In this series of posts, he compares academic gains in D.C. before and after the chancellorship of Michelle Rhee. What he finds is a district that was showing steady improvement before Rhee arrived, and where the gains post-Rhee were continuous with earlier trends. He also compares the performance of public and charter schools in the district o
A Joke About the Common Core. It’s Not Funny.
Paul Thomas wrote this post about a video in which the authors of the Common Core joked about their lack of experience and qualifications for writing the nation’s standards. It is not funny. It is sad.
Robert Reich: Are We a Decent Society?
If we truly want better education for all, then we must be concerned about the high levels of poverty and income inequality in our society. Social scientists have long known that family income and education are highly correlated with academic performance and educational attainment. If we reduce poverty, we increase students’ chances of having good health, a secure home, and the conditions that sup
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-30-13 Diane Ravitch's blog A site to discuss better education for all #thankateacher #EDCHAT
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: How Standardized Testing Destroys Creativity and the Joy of LearningThis post was written by Don Batt, an English teacher in Colorado: There is a monster waiting for your children in the spring. Its creators have fashioned it so that however children may prepare for it, they will be undone by its clever industry. The children kno
