Standard & Poor’s rates outlook for charter school sector as ‘negative’
Standard & Poor’s has issued a new report that extends its “negative” outlook for the charter school sector. Of 214 public charter school ratings done by the agency, 41, or 19 percent, are negative while only 4 — or 2 percent — are positive. Furthermore, it says, funding has not generally “returned to pre-recessionary levels, and some schools are […]
Why kids in 1960′s knew the ‘go you chicken fat go’ song in today’s iPhone ads
If you’ve heard the song with the lyrics “go you chicken fat go” in ads for iPhones, you may have stopped and wondered what the heck a song about chicken fat has to do with Apple and its telecommunications products. I can’t answer that question, but here’s why you are reading about it on an […]
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Arizona schools chief apologizes for calling welfare recipients ‘lazy pigs’ and other incendiary comments
The schools superintendent of Arizona, John Huppenthal, has admitted to — and apologized for — writing anonymous blog posts over the last several years with some incendiary comments, including calling welfare recipients “lazy pigs.” The Arizona Republic reported in this story that Huppenthal, who is seeking re-election this year, has been writing under pseudonyms, such as Thucydides, since 2011, [
6-25-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: The Great Teachers and Principals Act: not so great after allLast year I published a piece by Kenneth Zeichner, a professor who has done extensive research on teaching and teacher education, which discussed legislation in Congress about teacher and principal preparation programs. The legislation is officially called the “Growing Excellent Achievement Training Academies (GREAT) Teache