Points for Style?
Nick Kristoff’s recent column about Michelle Rhee brings up a common trope in school reform controversies: “leadership style,” with Kristoff averring that “Ms. Rhee’s weakness is her bedside manner.”...
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If You Can’t Turn Around Poor-Performing Rural Schools… Revolutionize Them
A few days ago I described the depressing, dismal, distressing, dire state of K-12 education in Halifax County, NC—a rural county with nearly a quarter of its residents living below the poverty line....
View ArticleWeingarten: Free money today, reform tomorrow. I promise.
This past weekend I was making a few personal-life stops in the state with the lowest union representation in the nation. Using the long stretches of travel through misty forests and freshly planted...
View ArticleDoes the Fordham Reform-Friendliness Index Matter?
Yesterday, Fordham released a measure of which cities were reform friendly and which ones weren’t. Their study identified New Orleans, Washington D.C, New York City, and Denver as the most reform...
View ArticlePrinciples? Research? Or Something Else?
Education Week‘s Sean Cavanagh has a front-webpage story out today describing how some local school districts are pulling out of their state’s Race to the Top plans. According to most of the current...
View ArticleFamily Engagement: Beyond Random Acts
The Harvard Family Research Project’s new brief, “Beyond Random Acts: Family, School, and Community Engagement as an Integral Part of Education Reform,” is a must read for both educators and...
View ArticleFrom Standardized Testing to the End Times in a Few Short Steps
Ostensibly, the recent debate over the federal budget was about dollar amounts that are trivial compared to the size of the deficit and the structural mismatch between revenues and government services....
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Quick Hits: Best of the Graduation Speeches
Today, we continue to honor graduation across the United States by highlighting another thought-provoking commencement address. Citation: Harvard School of Public Health Atul Gawande, a general and...
View ArticleQuick Hits 8.22.11
Bucking the trend. Washington State University increases the size of its freshman class while maintaining a focus on in-state students. The incoming freshman class has 1,200 more students than last...
View ArticleQuick Hits (9.20.11)
And then there were two. The Philadelphia School Reform Commission has dwindled to two members, following the resignations of its chairman and one other member Monday. Will the commission, which is...
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