At the HuffPo he writes on why NCLB maters. Plus, at his blog, 10 industry predictions for 201o.Â
[...]At the HuffPo he writes on why NCLB maters. Plus, at his blog, 10 industry predictions for 201o.Â
[...]It’s the holiday season again — and again this year please consider participating in Holiday Mail For Heroes via the Red Cross to support the men and women in our armed forces.
[...]Interesting ConnCan paper on ed finance in Connecticut, implications and ideas that resonate beyond that state.
[...]Title I Monitor has a roundtable with a lot of useful perspective (pdf) on what’s happening out there.
[...]Social entrepreneur Alan Khazei is gaining momentum in the MA Senate race.
Update:Â Boston Globe endorses Khazei.
[...]Today’s speech and announcement by New York Mayor Bloomberg is important on a couple of levels. You can watch live. Matters to the future of reform in the city, Race to the Top and New York, and also education politics more generally.
In D.C. the age discrimination suit relative [...]
Well, probably not in these edujobs at Tennessee Score, the EAO there:Â Â Director of Statewide Leadership, Director of Teacher Effectiveness, and Project Manager for Teacher Effectiveness.
[...]New CER data showing that the total number of charter schools now operating is north of 5,000.  So change those talking points! Meanwhile, New York’s data firewall gets the Race to the Top attention but turns out their charter school policy isn’t so hot either (pdf).
[...]NGA needs a senior policy analyst.  And, if you like peaches, SEC football, and charter schools then this job in Georgia might be for you.
[...]New Data Quality Campaign report on where the states are on data (pdf). Good news is some progress but still some glaring holes (for instance linking student and teacher data). And as the report points out, gathering data and using it are two different things.
[...]Ted Sizer passed away last month.   Bruce Smith, an LA teacher, sent this guest post about Sizer’s influence on what happened at Locke High School.
I’m not sure Ted Sizer ever even heard of Locke High School, or of what transpired there; and he probably never realized the influence he [...]
David Whitman writes speeches for Arne Duncan at the Department of Education. He’s written for numerous publications on a range of issues and he examined the ”new paternalism” idea and looked at the issue in his recent book.Â
But maybe he should be at the Department of the Interior? [...]
Sawchuk writes-up the Gates “deep dive” sites.  Stay tuned: This is important work with a lot of implications.
[...]In the WaPo Michael Alison Chandler takes a look a portfolio assessments in VA. The model is a good one for some students but as Chandler notes the dramatic rise in usage — particuarly among at-risk populations — should raise some eyebrows.
[...]This Wall Street Journal editorial is off-base. It understates what a missed opportunity this rethinking learning initiative represents.
[...]He’s smarter than Einstein, better looking than Brad Pitt, writes like a Bronte, and cares more about kids than Angelina Jolie. Plus, he can juggle knives and pilot small aircraft.  So go vote for Kevin Huffman in the next to final round of the WaPo’s next American pundit contest. Voting is today [...]
Is the most interesting thing about the Gates “deep dive” initiative who won or who didn’t? I kinda think the latter.
[...]The proposed allocation amounts in the Race to the Top regulations seem to have deflated some of the enthusiasm for the RTT in some of the smaller – and even mid-size - states.  The willingness to take on the brutal politics is proportional to the payout…The potential loser states are making themselves heard, why [...]
In The Richmond Times I take a look at some of the educational issues facing Governor-elect McDonnell.
[...]Someone lost Meeks. That’s pastor and state senator James T. Meeks in Illinois. His own (powerful) words here and the Chicago Trib ed board’s here.
[...]Progressive Fix, the relaunched PPI website, agrees that the readers are now the ballgame on Race to the Top.  Hanushek offers ideas for the next ESEA. And a New York teacher goes after Steven Brill for the now famous New Yorker piece – because it wasn’t rough enough!
Here’s [...]
Whoa, linking credentialing to performance? That’s crazy talk! And creating a market-based approach to teacher training?  That could put our great and results-producing credentialing systems at risk!
[...]A pundit is almost born. TFA’er Kevin Huffman is still in the running in the WaPo contest as we get to the final round.
He’s a renaissance man: A dedicated TFA’er, an education reformer, a great father, a world-class chef, a winter sports expert, his writing is better than the Bible, Declaration of Independence, and Harry Potter [...]
WaPo ed board hits exactly the right notes in this ed on Race To The Top. Meanwhile, NYT ed board not so happy on the teacher pieces of the stimulus. Background here.
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Meet Nicola Allen. She’s a second year student at the Darden School of Business at UVA with great private sector and education experience (including a stint at KIPP).   But first the important stuff: She’s a badass on the river as this picture shows – and fly fishes.  That’s [...]
With all the attention on the Race to the Top final regs today, good time as any to read this important TNTP report on opportunities the RTT provides (pdf).
[...]when in the wake of the ARRA data someone would ask this, wonder no longer.
[...]Just when you start thinking nothing in the education debate will surprise you…well, stuff like this happens.
[...]Race to the Top final regulations are on the way Thursday [You can read them here].  Ed Week writes them up.   To some extent they do reinforce the view that the tragedy of Race to the Top is that the Department of Ed has to spend this money at all – [...]
The RTD says it well every year.
Also, new Civic Enterprises report today on the asset that veterans are.
[...]I missed this WaPo op-ed by former Senator Alan Simpson when it first ran. If you did, too, don’t miss it this time.
[...]Punchline: It’s going to be awfully hard to get a bill.  Or at least so I argue in US News.  National Journal’s ed blog is debating the what’s next question, too.
[...]Rick Hess is shocked, shocked, to learn there is lobbying going on around a key administration priority. Seriously? Did he just move to Washington or is he angling for a gig on Fox?
It’s par for the course for senior administration officials to lobby on major issues. And it’s also [...]
Kati Haycock takes on the new ARRA reporting requirements.  And she has a point. Transparency has its limitations anyway, weak definitions compound that.  The “highly qualified teacher” language in federal law has been so watered down as to be completely devoid of meaning.
Some obvious education implications from this Times [...]
Kevin Huffman’s first piece is up, voting starts tomorrow.  Keep him on the island!
Update:Â The polls are open, vote now!
[...]In the wake of Tuesday’s election there is some speculation that the policy climate in Virginia may become more friendly to charter schools — a change that’s long overdue.   Albemarle County is using chartering in some progressive ways but overall the state’s policy is an embarrassment. A panel in Williamsburg will [...]
States are responding to “Race to the Top” in different ways.   Leading states are thinking about big ideas they can build an application around.   States like CA and MI are passing legislation to get in position to compete.  And some states are not doing much, presumably reading the draft guidance [...]
Hope Street Group is hiring for an ed policy director. Fun, flexible, and innovative organization, good people.
[...]What does it mean? Short answer is that rough off-year elections for Dems don’t bode well for No Child Left Behind (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) reauthorization. Only complicates the already tortuous politics because you’re going to have a lot of skittish Dems who either are, or think they are, in [...]
I hope James Kelly and Allen Odden send a nice bouquet of flowers (or in the Shanker spirit a good bottle of wine) to Randi Weingarten. She’s made their new SMHC report, which wasn’t going to get a great deal of attention, into something that people are now really paying attention [...]
Washington Post is sponsoring a contest for punditry.  It’s down to the final ten – and if you follow education policy closely one of them will look very familiar to you…Hint: Rhymes with Hevin Kuffman…
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