Friday Fish Pic–The Petrilli Family Is All About That Growth

Seven years ago, Fordham’s Mike Petrilli was mocked featured on here for the, um, rather small fish that he and his sons caught. Well, no more! Mike took his son and some friends out on the Potomac recently and caught the giant catfish below. He says he had help this time, but we’ll still praise him for …

Mike Petrilli’s Sudden Confirmation Concern! (Please Send Us A Piñata Mr. President!)

Mike Petrilli is all bent out shape that the administration is not going to send John King to the Hill for a formal confirmation process but instead leave him running the Department of Education in an acting capacity. I don’t know exactly what I think about this, but I do think Mike’s being transparently political. …

Even Jeff Gordon Probably Has A Blind Spot…And, Petrilli’s Lotus Position On NCLB

Though it came over the holiday break everyone is chattering about Sam Dillon’s NYT story on the presidential candidates and No Child Left Behind. It’s a good thing to chatter about but only because the story seemed to almost willfully miss the more complicated realities underlying the No Child Left Behind issue right now. Perhaps …

The Tax Bill And Education, O’Keefe, Mehta, Dynarski, Race & Higher Ed, Race And Schools, The Mess In Online, And More!

Scroll down for edubjobs and a fish pictures. Bonnie O’Keefe on teacher turnover and assumptions about it. I endorse the idea that you should read Jal Mehta. Mark Dynarski wants to know where the research is in state ESSA plans. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. No, seriously,  he does. Most sectors have to figure …

Teacher Shortages, Title IX Fight, Early Ed, DACA In The Classroom, Not Much Equity In NYC But Concerns About Too Much In VA? Plus Higher Ed, Teacher Salaries, Pensions And More!

Scroll down for jobs and fish pics. Including jobs and fish pics at Bellwether. Also at BW: Here’s Ashley Mitchell with some reactions and takeaways from the new KIPP pre-k study. And here’s Sara Mead in USN on the 3-k gap. Chad Aldeman and Kirsten Schmitz on the evolving teacher pension scene and changes to …