Education News, Analysis, and Commentary
She’s here, there, and everywhere! Hard to tell exactly what’s happening here from just one story (and a few parents can kick up a ruckus at almost any school) but this situation certainly bears watching for a variety of pretty obvious reasons. The obvious solution: They need a union! Seriously, the last time something like …
Evan Thomas and Elizabeth Green debate teaching in Newsweek. Worth reading. But per the post below, Elizabeth casually compares two studies of Teach For America teachers. Not to pick on her, but this is a classic example of the problem our field faces. Those two studies she cites are not the same in terms of …
Next week, Tuesday to Tuesday, Elizabeth Green will be here to guestblog. Soon to be formerly of the NY Sun she’s a one of the most talented up and comers in the edjourno world. Some of her past business on this blog through here.
By Richard Whitmire I totally get the outsized coverage we’re seeing of Eva Moskowitz and Success Academy charter schools in New York. In years past, I’ve been guilty of the same. But there’s a reason I pulled back. First, let’s discuss Eva’s appeal, which is hard to resist. Moskowitz is one of those rare, swashbuckling …
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Coming attractions: Working with the Collaborative For Student Success, Bellwether convened a crew of state and federal policy experts to evaluate state ESSA plans. Round 1 results here, on Tuesday the 34 round 2 states will be released. Justin Trinidad on music education. Amy Wilkins: The problem is the mindset of revanchists who peddle stories like …
At the elections: PPI’s David Osborne and Will Marshall pen an open letter to the presidential candidates about education: Given the glaring inequities in our public schools, we are mystified by the absence of K-12 reform from your campaigns. Frankly, this appears to reflect what is worst about each party. Republicans, in blind obedience to …
Jane Williams’ Bloomberg Edu takes a look at 2015 forecasts this week with John Hechinger, Elizabeth Green, Alyson Klein and me.
Elizabeth Green’s story for Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, “Why Do Americans Stink at Math?” is a must-read. Green illustrates our national struggles with math in numerous and at-times painful ways–in particular, read about how customers preferred McDonald’s 1/4-pound hamburger over A&W’s 1/3-pound patty because they thought it had more meat. Her piece is entertaining and …
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I have no idea if Dan Willingham would agree or not, but this sure seems like common sense to me. Elizabeth Green has the latest on Green Dot in NYC. And this dispatch from NYC, in the Village Voice, has everyone chattering. And this study from Chicago (pdf) shows the scale of the challenge in our …
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E3’s Derrell Bradford has Jersey style social promotion (hat tip Joanne Jacobs). Elizabeth Green notes a surprise Jon Schnur departure from USDOE. Reformland = bummed. Flowers and Sausages describes real life teacher hiring committees. With bacon. Jay Mathews wonders if he’s an empty-headed optimist; reports on AFT innovation $ from Broad and Gates. And finally: …