PUBLIC SCHEDULE OF U.S. EDUCATION SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN
THE WEEKS AHEAD: Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009-Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010
No public events scheduled.
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PUBLIC SCHEDULE OF U.S. EDUCATION SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN
THE WEEKS AHEAD: Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009-Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010
No public events scheduled.
[...]
Deflating the Grade Inflation Scare Miller-McCune
A sociologist and an economist look at collegiate grade inflation and find a bogeyman that doesn't frighten them at all.
The Old Collegie Lie
Democracy
The
biggest problem with American higher education is that too many' [...]
"When I saw the video I was sick to my stomach. I couldn't believe
that I'd ever do anything like that. I was raised to act in a
respectful manner to women."As you may have noticed, I've been reading the Atlantic Wire over the past couple of months. It does a nice job of distilling what people are saying' [...]
Go onto Facebook (you're probably on there already). Pick an education person who's got a Facebook page but is for whatever reason not your FB friend. Now, click on his or her profile picture. What do you see? In all likelihood, you'll be able to see [...]
First it was texting while driving. Now we have another bracing PSA from the other side of the pond -- this one part of a series about cyber-bullying that emphasizes the role of viewers and commenters (not just the original person who [...]
In Arizona, Schools Fighting Back Against Recession
PBS
In
Arizona, public schools are buckling under the weight of a weak
economy. John Merrow examines how two schools are handling the crisis.
L.A. schools chief orders weak new teachers ousted
LA Times
Los Angeles [...]
Thanks to a friend for pointing me to this 2007 Jay Mathews column about the dispute over changes made to a report on AP and IB programs that took place between a professor named Klein and the Fordham Foundation ([...]
"I will not hide the teacher’s Prozac" Bart's Blackboard
Season 8, Episode 13
Is Our Education Reporters Learning?
Casey Lartigue
Journalists
don't like to go places they have been invited. They want to go places
where they must go undercover.
[...]
In 2007, 75 percent of schools nationwide tracked 8th-grade math classes and 43 percent tracked 8th-grade English...Urban schools are more likely to detrack than suburban or rural schools. (Education Tracking Continues To Stir Debate)
[...]Thanks to a friend for passing along this recent video of Arne Duncan and his new math and science guy Mike Lach (yes, from Chicago) talking about science and technology. Check it out if you're a STEM geek (or if you just want to see Lach's new haircut from' [...]
These days, lively comments are what set blogs apart from each other. Who's got them? Who doesn't? Quantity isn't everything, but it looks like Get Schooled, the education blog of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, is going strong after years and [...]
The Obama administration has done it again -- trying to manipulate vulnerable schoolchildren into forsaking all that is good and right about America. Last time, it was the Obama "back to school" speech. This time, it's Christmas ornaments sent from the White House to schoolchildren. Thankfully the Daily Show has [...]
Key L.A. Unified staff positions are funded privately
LA Times
Private money is paying for key senior staff positions in the Los
Angeles Unified School District -- providing needed expertise at a
bargain rate, but also raising questions about transparency and the
direction of reforms in the nation's second-largest school [...]
Now, in the waning days of the old media, some of its veteran organizations -- the Education Writers Association, the Hechinger Institute -- are hoping that they have the answer to new media. (See the column written by EWA's Whitmire and Hechinger's Colvin below.) These are all good people who [...]
Seventh-Grader Assaulted At School — Officials Blame "Hormones" Jezebel
Last Thursday, at a middle school near Richmond High School (site of October's brutal gang rape) a 12 year old pupil was allegedly raped in a stairwell during school hours. But school officials are already disputing the account.
"The Obama Administration has repeatedly expressed support for merit pay and using student data to evaluate teachers. But Mr. Duncan loses his voice when it comes to backing Ms. Rhee in contract negotiations."
Wall Street Journal editorial earlier this week (Rhee Is Getting [...]
Supporters are crowing that Race To The Top has already turned into a big winner, and indeed that's true when it comes to press attention and states' efforts to get themselves in shape to compete for funding.
Needless to say, I would be among those who' [...]
School Denies Suspending Student For Jesus Drawing
NPR
The school district said the second-grader
was never suspended and that officials followed "well-established
protocol."
Arne Duncan at Grady Atlanta Journal Constitution
In
his whirlwind tour of Atlanta Monday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan
seemed [...]
"She's not 26 years old and desperate to work for a DC think tank, a Democratic politician or a progressive institution."
Blogger Glenn Greenwald praising the independence of Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake.
Forced to look for every possible way to raise revenues, the cash-strapped Merrilville (IN) public school system has decide to convert one of its largest high schools into a maximum security prison where detainees from Guantanamo Bay will be housed under contract with the federal [...]
Why I have no use for the achievement gap Uncle Jay Mathews
I think the
achievement gap is useless as a measure of school improvement, and we
would be much better writing about how much each ethnic group, each
school, each child is improving, or not improving.
"What is it about the Harlem Children’s Zone that causes pundits and reporters to suspend disbelief?"
- Aaron Pallas in GothamSchools
[...]Local school districts wary of 'Race to the Top' initiative Contra Costa Times
School
districts that want to be part of the federal grant program must join
the state's application, but the details of how to do [...]
The Gates Foundation has given the NEA Foundation $358K to to create a new institute focused on local innovation.
Maybe the NEA complained that foundations were giving money to the AFT and not to them.
Or maybe the Gates Foundation realized that, maybe, throwing a little bit [...]
"The book I'm hoping to work on is broadly about why some kids succeed and why some don't, and what we might be able to do to help the kids who are failing to succeed." (Paul Tough [...]
Hmmmm Knowledge Alliance
How
can the quote above be reconciled with the lead education story of the
week, Dept of Education issues highly restrictive guidance on how
schools should use SIG funds to turn around low-performing schools?
"It's a one-time grant that adds up to less than 2% of what the state spends on schools annually."
Schools race to -- where, exactly? (LA Times editorial)
[...]Louisiana serves as model in teacher assessment Washington Post
Reports show that Florida and Texas are moving toward linking test
scores and teacher preparation. Maryland and Virginia officials said
they are studying Louisiana's approach. Sally Clausen, Louisiana's
commissioner of higher education, said officials' [...]
Rotten meat for kids
The Week
Why are schools feeding children beef and chicken that wouldn't make the cut at fast-food restaurants?
The best iPhone apps for kids Slate
The iPhone has become the Swiss Army knife of
mobile parenting.
PUBLIC SCHEDULE OF U.S. EDUCATION SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN
THE WEEK AHEAD: Sunday, Dec. 13, through Saturday, Dec. 19
(All times are Eastern Standard Time)
A recent article in Politico suggested that once autonomous bloggers are slowly losing their independence from the Washington establishment.
It may well be so. However the more immediate problem in my experience is the tendency to
hew too closely too each other.
Education stimulus funds only a trickle EdNews CO
Only $7 million out of $312 million in federal stimulus funds for education has actually been paid out to Colorado districts.
South Philly principal had troubles in NJ The Philly Notebook
South
Philadelphia High [...]
Watch out for this US News story (The Explosion of Charter Schools).
The actual rate of growth for charters has been moderate -- nothing near an "explosion." The number of charter schools -- [...]
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[...]"Ninety-nine times out of 100 you got to tell the truth, and the 100th time you don't need a PR guy, you need a lawyer."
USDE media guy Peter Cunningham in an article about the closed-mouth demeanor of his Chicago public schools replacement.[...]
MLA Partner Schools shows promise in turning around Manual Arts High
LA Times
It's difficult keeping track of all the reformers circling
the Los Angeles Unified School District, vying to take charge of dozens
of schools the district plans to spin off this year.
Hey, now. The NEA has a flashy new website design -- and a handy guest appearance from Arne Duncan to go along with it. (Things like this are bound to happen when Cunningham is gone this long.)
An education job you may want Answer Sheet
Here’s what Assistant Education Secretary
Peter Cunningham is doing today while you are in your office: He’s
continuing his “Pacific Islands Listening and Learning” tour in Hawaii.
RI raises bar for new teachers JoanneJacobs
Currently, Rhode Island ranks among [...]
I think it's safe to say that a good time was had by all at GothamSchools' holiday celebration in Chinatown last night. The spread was excellent. The setting was splendid. The rain stayed away. The room was full of all sorts of folks you'd never think to see in [...]
It was, apparently, a decade of counter-intuitive thought. Here are some of the vaguely education-related things that pundits, Malcolm Gladwell, and Slate had to say, according to a list compiled by the good people at New York Magazine. They all run counter to previous wisdom, right?
Boys [...]
Asian students describe violence at South Philadelphia High Philly.com
In
emotional testimony yesterday, Asian students described being
victimized at South Philadelphia High for years, often as school
staffers stood by, encouraged the attackers, or hurled racial slurs.
function g_f_changeUrlForLog(oLink, query, siteid, [...]
I'm not sure that sending them to one of NYC's infamous rubber rooms is the right response, but that's apparently what the NYC department of education is doing with this pair of high school teachers who were allegedly caught by a janitor undressed and engaging in' [...]
This story may not, initially, have been true, according to Snopes.com, but in the dozen years (at least) since it first started getting passed around it may well have become true:
"According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently faced with a unique" [...]
