Advancing Equity in the Classroom with High Expectations for All

Each year, AVID has the opportunity to provide professional learning for over 70,000 educators. Nearly four decades of training experience have taught us that the most impactful learning occurs when we help educators understand the WHY? At AVID our foundational WHY is equity: ensuring that all students have the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to maximize …

Education Books, King On Narrowing, MN Teacher Lawsuit, Turnaround Troubles, Pearson, Normalizing Pre-K Debate, Hamilton For Students, And More! Also, Caught Snake & Escapee Octopus

So there is a new romance novel based on New York’s infamous Rubber Rooms. Can’t wait to read but the bar for good education novels is quite high. For instance, there was an amazing one about No Child Left Behind and erectile dysfunction that really set a standard. Speaking of books, Grapes of Wrath, a …

College And Career, Summer Melt, Presidential PreK, Pension Fees, YEP Survey, And Gulfstream U!

Sara Mead on pre-k and presidential politics.  There has to be a Pearson joke somewhere in this story about Measured Progress’ server problems. The teachers unions need to get their story straight on pensions. Is the reason to not switch to 401k-style plans because then investment managers would make gazillions in fees or are today’s …

Brill Responds

Per the post below where the American Federation of Teachers’ talking points memo accuses him of fabricating quotes in The New York Times Magazine, Steven Brill writes to say: If I were going to “fabricate” a quote, why would I pick one that is so unsurprising? After all Ms. Weingarten’s own website quotes her on …

Streamed From New York

Here’s Joel Klein on NYC’s “rubber room” deal, curriculum, and Florida on MSNBC. And here’s a new RTT television ad that is running in New York.

Help Wanted

So the teachers’ unions start the week with the simply devastating New Yorker story on New York’s “rubber rooms” and end with this sharp-edged Times editorial on Race to the Top and accountability that singles them out as a problem. Time to either get some new PR help or, even better, get some new policies? …