Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Five Blogs You Need To Have In Your Feed Right Now � The Core Knowledge Blog

Five Blogs You Need To Have In Your Feed Right Now � The Core Knowledge Blog

Five Blogs You Need To Have In Your Feed Right Now

by Robert Pondiscio
August 24th, 2010

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NYC teacher/blogger Jose Vilson offers Five Blogs You Need To Have In Your Feed Right Now. Good idea, so I’m stealing it.

I treat my Google Reader like the starting lineup for the Indianapolis 500, with feeds running three across. Joanne Jacobs, for example, has been at the upper left, or pole position, for a very long time. The closer to the top, the more often I read it. Once a blog slips toward the bottom, I read it only sporadically.

Picking up on Jose’s meme, here are five blogs I now read avidly that are either recent additions to my feed reader–or that have elbowed their way toward the top:

1. The Answer Sheet is the only “new blog” (it’s almost exactly a year old) to have

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Education stocks rise on comments from US Dept of Education - Global Markets - Markets - The Economic Times

Education stocks rise on comments from US Dept of Education - Global Markets - Markets - The Economic Times
Education stocks rise on comments from US Dept of Education
BANGALORE: Shares of most for-profit education companies rose on Tuesday, after the US Department of Education told a private TV channel it would look into Strayer Education Inc's loan repayment data after the company questioned its validity.

The loan repayment data released earlier this month by department showed that most education companies, including Strayer, were under the threat of losing federal student aid. Strayer, whose loan repayment rate was as low as 25 per cent according to the data, had requested the department for details on the calculation as it differed significantly from its own analysis that showed a repayment rate of 55 per cent.

Schools stand to lose federal aid if over 65 per cent of ex-students failed to pay the principal on federal loans, and if graduates' debt was more than 12 per cent of total income. "The Department of Education has heard Strayer's concerns (over loan repayment rates) and will conduct some additional analysis," a private TV channel reported.

Other companies such as Capella Education have also questioned the validity of the department's data. "This
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The Educated Guess � Nice try but no Race to the Top grant

The Educated Guess � Nice try but no Race to the Top grant

Nice try but no Race to the Top grant

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:56 AM PDT

California won’t be getting any money in the second round of Race to the Top. Education Week and other sources reported this morning that nine states and the District of Columbia will share $4.3 billion. They are Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan [...]

San Diego and San Jose rated reform-resistant

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:03 AM PDT

San Diego and San Jose are unrivaled as hubs of innovation in high tech, green tech and biotech. But in terms of fostering a climate for education innovation, San Jose is no Silicon Valley, and San Diego is in the Rust Belt with Detroit and Gary, Indiana. At least that’s view of the Thomas B. Fordham [...]
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N.J. will not get federal 'Race to the Top' education funding | NJ.com

N.J. will not get federal 'Race to the Top' education funding | NJ.com

N.J. will not get federal 'Race to the Top' education funding

Published: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 11:31 AM Updated: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 11:43 AM
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christie-schundler-race-to-the-top.jpgRobert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie and Education Commissioner Bret Schundler at a Spotswood school in July.

New Jersey has been shut out of a federal education grant that could have been worth as much as $400 million to transform parts of the state's public school system.

The U.S. Education Department says nine other states and the District of Columbia will receive money through the second round of the Race to the Top Program.

New Jersey was one of 18 finalists.

New Jersey's Education Department had high hopes that the state could win the grant as a way to jump-start programs favored by Gov. Chris Christie. The state said it would have used the money to start paying teachers partly according to how well students perform on tests and to reward top teachers willing to work in tough school districts.

U.S. Education Department spokesman Justin Hamilton said the winners are: Florida, Georgia,

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Grading Race to the Top on a Proper Curve :: Frederick M. Hess

Grading Race to the Top on a Proper Curve :: Frederick M. Hess

Grading Race to the Top on a Proper Curve

by Frederick M. Hess • Aug 24, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Cross-posted from Education Week

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Nope, I'm not talking about grading the Race to the Top (RTT) winners. Frankly, I don't have much confidence in the elaborate scoring system that the Department of Education jury-rigged--especially not after Ohio, Hawaii, and New York finished in the money while Louisiana and Colorado were ludicrously left out in the cold. As if my skeptical natured needed more cause for worry after the post hoc "norming" of i3 grades and the concerns raised regarding judge selection and training, blatant disregard for application guidelines, and emphasis on airy promises rather than concrete actions already taken. And, given the number of new governors, legislators, and state chiefs who will be taking office by early 2011, I'm not sure how much credence to put in the promises states have made. That said, I do want to offer a special congratulations to my hard-charging friends in Rhode Island, D.C., Florida, and Massachusetts, and was glad to see their efforts recognized (Full disclosure: for what it's worth, I served as an advisor on the Massachusetts RTT application).

Rather than play the "who got a rose" game, though, I just want to make two typically dyspeptic points amidst this season of RTT mirth.

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Grading on the curves - The Boston Globe

Grading on the curves - The Boston Globe

Grading on the curves

Student attractiveness, parking, and reefer madness find a place in college ranking criteria

By Alex Beam
Globe Staff / August 24, 2010

The college rankings charade is upon us again. If you need a failed magazine like US News & World Report to tell you that Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are great universities, then you might consider getting your higher education information from old Rodney Dangerfield movies.

In a pathetic attempt to steal market share from US News, Forbes magazine published its rankings this month. Forbes rocked the world by announcing that Williams College, which US News perennially ranks as the best liberal arts college in the country, as opposed to a university, is better than Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, blah blah blah.

That was huge news in Billsville, a.k.a. Williamstown, site of Stephen Sondheim’s bucolic Berkshire alma mater, but yawn fodder in the world at large. Williams is great, but so are Tufts, Davidson, and Reed College. Reed refuses to play


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Eduwonk � Blog Archive � RTT

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RTT

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Congrats: Winners list is public now: DC, FL, GA HI, MD, MA, NY, NC, OH, RI.

Reminder: Round II finalists were: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, KY, LA, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC

Fallout: This list is causing some raised eyebrows already. Keep an eye out for questions questions about LA and CO and the relative strengths of their apps (and relative controversy around issues like teacher evaluation and holding schools of ed accountable) and also how New York went from not meeting the absolute priority for

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As students go back to school, Secretary Duncan is taking a bus tour to visit schools, honor and listen to teachers, meet with parents and students, and highlight success. Come along for the ride.

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