5/7/2014 – Charter Schools Fail
May 7, 2014 Subscribe THIS WEEK: US Teachers Lack Diversity … Scary Common Core Cut Scores… Common Core vs. Real Issues … Funding For Higher Ed Not Recovering … Young Workers Face Tough Climb TOP STORY Charter Schools Fail: New Reports Call Their ‘Magic’ Into Question By Jeff Bryant “In today’s climate of trumped up political truisms … the supposed necessity of charter schools is just the lates
Charter Schools Fail: New Reports Call Their ‘Magic’ Into Question
When members of the U.S. House of Representatives consider, beginning today, a bill to incentivize the expansion of charter schools, you can expect there to be a lot of heat but not very much light in their discussion of the need for more of these institutions. The bipartisan bill, HR 10, is “likely to pass,” according to the experienced observers at Education Week. And “amid lots of cross-aisle f
4/30/2014 – The Magic Education Metric
April 30, 2014 Subscribe THIS WEEK: Real Benefits Of Pre-K … Resistance To Common Core … School Privatization Hurts Poor Kids … Crackdown On Teacher Prep … Student Debt Hurts Entire Economy TOP STORY The Pursuit Of The Magic Education Metric By Jeff Bryant “There is a belief that education policy is adrift unless there is a simplistic metric –’rating systems’ or grades – that make it easily dis
The Pursuit Of The Magic Education Metric
To address the nation’s struggling economy, the Obama administration has announced a bold proposal to require states to provide more useful data about the career success of business and financial executives who graduate from the nation’s colleges and universities with degrees in finance, accounting, and business administration. Armed with this data, the administration plans to use tens of millions
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4/23/2014 – Parental Advice To Education Policy Makers
April 23, 2014 Subscribe THIS WEEK: English Learning Neglected … Bullying Effects Last … Most Teachers Not “Engaged” … TFA Takes Teachers’ Jobs … Public Schools Out-Perform Voucher Schools TOP STORY Parental Advice To Education Policy Makers By Jeff Bryant “A recent spate of new research studies have revealed current education policies … as being dangerously misaligned with parenting and the mu
Parental Advice To Education Policy Makers
For most children, their first teacher is a parent or primary caregiver. And most teachers will tell you that parent behaviors in the home affect student learning in schools. So it would make sense to make sure education policy isn’t strongly at odds with what we know about good parenting. However a recent spate of new research studies have revealed current education policies – particularly high-s