NJSBA and PARCC: Going Along to Get Along?
It looks like NJSBA has learned its lesson: if you want to get along, go along. They should embroider it on the pillows in their new offices.
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Howard Dean's Reformy Scream for TFA
There was a time I really admired Howard Dean. Alas...
Why Does the Public Hate Standardized Tests?
The New Jersey Education Association, the state's largest teachers union, released a bombshell of a poll yesterday; click through to see the raw results for all voters
@TIME Gets Tenure Wrong, Part III: What's REALLY Wrong With California's Schools
Note: Here's my intro to this series, here's Part I, and here's Part II.
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@TIME Gets Tenure Wrong, Part II: Teacher Compensation
Note: Here's my intro to this series, and here's Part I.
@TIME Gets Tenure Wrong, Part I: It Is NOT Hard To Fire a Teacher
Peter Greene points out that TIME's cover this week, announcing a lengthy piece about teacher tenure, is worse than the actual story. I don't disagree; however, the piece is still deeply flawed. So flawed, in fact, that it's going to take a few posts to break it all down.
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Only You Can Prevent Charter Cheerleading
Dearest friends,
I'd like to take just a moment of your time today to describe a dangerous and debilitating threat to America. Sadly, this terrible condition is growing to epidemic proportions; otherwise healthy people are increasingly succumbing to this awful disease:
Charter cheerleading.
Uncommon Comes To Camden: Let The Segregation Begin!
Camden's State Superintendent, Paymon Rouhanifard, shares much in common with his friend form the good old days in NYC, Newark State Superintendent Cami Anderson. Anderson, for example, believes she can simply ignore the law whenever she wants, as she does not answer to the citizens of Newark, with whom she has lost all credibility.
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This Is Your Brain On TFA
I often get the sense that something happens to the brains of people who do their two years or less at Teach For America and then, rather than continue to teach, go on to "stay in education" as "leaders." Maybe their self-granted halos are a little too tight.
'Twas the Night Before PISA Day!
'Twas the night before PISA Day, when all through the foundations
The wonks were all dreaming about Bill Gates's donations;
The rankings were crafted for each nation with care,
In hopes that more grants would come from billionaires;
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