"Least influential of education's most influential information sources."
-- Education Week Research Center
"full of very lively short items and is always on top of the news...He gets extra points for skewering my high school rating system"
-- Jay Mathews, The Washington Post
"a daily dose of information from the education policy world, blended with a shot of attitude and a dash of humor"
-- Education Week
"unexpectedly entertaining"..."tackle[s] a potentially mindfogging subject with cutting clarity... they're reading those mushy, brain-numbing education stories so you don't have to!"
-- Mickey Kaus
"a very smart blog... this is the site to read"
-- Ryan Lizza
"everyone who's anyone reads Eduwonk"
-- Richard Colvin
"designed to cut through the fog and direct specialists and non-specialists alike to the center of the liveliest and most politically relevant debates on the future of our schools"
-- The New Dem Daily
"peppered with smart and witty comments on the education news of the day"
-- Education Gadfly
"don't hate Eduwonk cuz it's so good"
-- Alexander Russo, This Week In Education
"the morning's first stop for education bomb-throwers everywhere"
-- Mike Antonucci, Intercepts
"…the big dog on the ed policy blog-ck…"
-- Michele McLaughlin
"I check Eduwonk several times a day, especially since I cut back on caffeine"
-- Joe Williams
"...one of the few bloggers who isn't completely nuts"
-- Mike Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
"I have just three 'go to' websites: The Texas Legislature, Texas Longhorn sports, and Eduwonk"
-- Sandy Kress
"penetrating analysis in a lively style on a wide range of issues"
-- Walt Gardner
"Fabulous"
-- Education Week's Alyson Klein
"thugs"
-- Susan Ohanian
Smart List: 60 People Shaping the Future of K-12 Education
I’ve been too swamped with actual professional responsibilities for a while to catch up on all the great fish pics sitting in my email box.
Thanks for the shout out! And, indeed, I enjoy a good fish taco.
At the same time that educational “reforms” are sweeping across the country, another movement is taking place, but it is largely unnoticed because of the recession. It is this: record numbers of baby boomer teachers, mainly female, are retiring in droves, while their younger counterparts are following men into many different professions. The “captive women” who in previous years could be relied upon to teach sixth grade in the “inner city” are no longer there.
If the economy improves, as I believe it will, there will be an unprecedented shortage of K-12 teachers. As we can tell from this blog, “everyone” wants a slice of the school tax money, but “no one” wants to teach. Talented people will refuse to accept jobs with low pay and even lower prestige and autonomy. Cash-strapped districts will likely be unable to offer higher salaries and benefits that are now available. The only thing left to them will be to offer teachers autonomy in running their schools. “Work for us and you will have full professional status. Together with senior teachers, you will choose your leadership and make most decisions regarding staff, curriculum and instruction.”
True educational reform, the kind that will positively impact our children, will only come when American teachers become full professionals.
Thanks to Kim Farris-Berg for having the wisdom for seeing this and taking the leadership to bring it about. I’m glad to see she lives near me in neighboring Orange County, CA.
Disgusting, low skill, bait fishermen. Figures for the edu-reformers. Forget flyfishing and the art of fly tying, or the science of entomology, or the emergence patterns of the Glossoma.
Forget it. They are all about results, results, results. So, kill bunches of fish with Powerbait.
Thankfully, they look like mushy planters.
And yes, I am a fly fisherman, and skilled, and barbless only, for over 30 years.