International Summit On The Teaching Profession: Education Leaders Set To Convene In March

International Summit On The Teaching Profession: Education Leaders Set To Convene In March

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Education leaders from around the world will convene in New York City this March to share strategies and ideas with teachers and administrators at the first International Summit on the Teaching Profession, according to The New York TImes.

Hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and several other education organizations,

John Thompson: Reformers Should Respect Conventions of Scholarly Discourse

John Thompson: Reformers Should Respect Conventions of Scholarly Discourse

Reformers Should Respect Conventions of Scholarly Discourse

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A pioneering econometric study mistakenly concluded that slavery was profitable by assuming that half of the mules in Kentucky were male and half were female. Not knowing that mules are sterile, the Harvard professors projected x amount of profits due to mule reproduction.

I do not claim to have as many brain cells as when I was a graduate student deciphering those equations, but back then, scholars obeyed the conventions of honest discourse, and that provided an advantage in debating the significance of evidence produced by algorithms.

The Center for Education Data and Research (CEDR), however, continues the trend of violating the norms of social scientific inquiry in issuing another politicized study. This one is entitled,

Schools Matter: Breaking News: Boston Globe Has Something Worth Reading on Education

Schools Matter: Breaking News: Boston Globe Has Something Worth Reading on Education

Breaking News: Boston Globe Has Something Worth Reading on Education

by Jim Horn

Is the Boston Globe's printing of this a signal that the Oligarchs are having a change of heart? Don't kid yourself--that would first require, first, a heart:

. . . .Take heart. Finland, one of the world’s top educational performers according to the last PISA study and a recent McKinsey report, was once in a similar slump and can offer lessons for the United States and others seeking a cure for poor public schools.

As recently as 25 years ago, Finnish students were below the international average in mathematics and science. There also were large learning differences between schools, with urban or affluent students typically outperforming their rural or low-income peers. Today, as the most recent PISA study proves, Finland is one of the few nations that have accomplished both a high

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: The “Ignorance Hypothesis”

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: The “Ignorance Hypothesis”

The “Ignorance Hypothesis”

by The Perimeter Primate

U.S. Income Disparity: Actual, Perceived Actual, Perceived Ideal

From "Theoretical Egalitarians" by Timothy Noah for Slate, September 27, 2010:

…Why aren't the bottom 99 percent marching in the streets?

One possible answer is sheer ignorance. People know we're living in a time of growing income inequality, [Paul] Krugman told me, but "the ordinary person is not really

Hechinger Report | Learning from Finland

Hechinger Report | Learning from Finland

Learning from Finland

by Pasi Sahlberg

If Americans harbored any doubts about their eroded global edge, the recent release of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development’s fourth international comparison of educational performance should rattle the nation from its “We’re No. 1’’ complacency. The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study revealed that, although the United States made some modest gains, it is lagging behind many other developed nations in the ability of its 15-year-olds. The country isn’t flunking: like France, England and Sweden, learning here has stagnated at below-average levels. That “gentleman’s C’’ should be a call to change course.

Pasi Sahlberg

Take heart. Finland, one of the world’s top educational performers according to the last PISA study and a recent McKinsey report, was once in a similar slump and can offer lessons for the United States and others seeking a

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Schools Matter: To Starve the Beast, We Must Drown the Children

To Starve the Beast, We Must Drown the Children

by Jim Horn

Posted at Kenniwick School District Citizens:

Waiting For SuperFraud
By Michael T. Martin

Public schools have to fail. There is no alternative. So give up trying to argue otherwise with facts and logic.
The mockumentary Waiting For Superman made this clear. Funded by millionaires, the movie told the story of some privatized schools in Harlem portrayed as saviors of children otherwise condemned to public schools. Privatized schools mostly funded by hedge fund millionaires on Wall Street. They spent two million dollars to promote the film nationally. Another major film titled “The