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Quick primer to understanding most education debates. If you look at them from the perspective of, “is this good or bad for kids, or does this matter to kids?” you’ll constantly be baffled by what is going down. If, by contrast, you look at it through the lens of public relations – is this good …

Continue reading “Public Relationists Ascendant! Please Sir, May I Have Some Policy…Sara Mead Is Going To Clean You Out! Biddle With Rights Talk, Aldeman Talks Pensions (Pensions Are The Plumbing), Life Advice From Tilson, Whistleblowing Or Bullying? Bellwether In Rock Videos.”

Too much going on to have it all here so check out the curated roster of news from around the sector at RealClearEducation. Scroll down this page for edujobs (and fish pictures) and don’t forget we’re hiring for a communications manager at Bellwether. Kaitlin Pennington with a smart take on 2016 teacher policy debate. School …

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Some news at the Dep’t of Education today. Duncan’s leaving at a low-point media wise but to judge his tenure you have to look back the entire sweep and he was definitely a consequential secretary and put in place some work that should pay dividends for kids down the road. Big loser here is the …

Continue reading “A King Is Born! MacArthur Ed Winner, Teachers Union Bread Winners, Graduation Rate Data. Is College Over?”

Sound smart this weekend by working these seven charter school facts into your game, thanks to Sara Mead. Who ate what? When? $200,000 is a lot of Subway. This is an easy target. But I’d be interested in some comparable data, Chicago Public Schools are a labor-heavy $5.7 billion concern (and that’s just operating budget). …

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I’m taking next week for family but Sara Mead will be here to inform and amuse.  In addition to being a leading analyst on pre-k policy, Mead is also an appointed member of the District of Columbia Public Charter Schools Board and an expert on charter school policy (and she and I have worked on …

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You hear some grumbling from conservative types that the TV show “The West Wing” is just a front for liberal issues. Eduwonk doesn’t watch it (preferring shows like this) and has no idea if that’s at all valid. But, for what it’s worth, they’re giving the Center for Education Reform, which hardly qualifies as a …

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