Reinventing Ed School 2: Coaching dosage/style

Common problems cited: Bad Ones *Mentor teacher doesn’t actually mentor.  Instead, treats student teacher as labor saving device.  Ends up in faculty lounge.   *Diligent mentor, bad at coaching.  Not exactly unique to teaching.  Many star athletes are bad coaches.   *Seems like few bad mentors are actually fired, but I’m not sure if anyone publishes data …

Trojan Horse?

We used to joke about turning tedious eduissues into movies…but turns out someone is making a documentary about the “rubber rooms” in New York City schools. This one will be interesting to watch…

Are We Turning The Corner Toward Good Political Tension In Education? Plus, Show Them The Money And Where Are The Kids?

It’s now political lore how a backbencher from Georgia started going to the well of the House of Representatives after the day’s business was concluded and howled at the moon – with only C-Span cameras as his immediate audience. Newt Gingrich parlayed this strategy into real political power in 1994, but for a long time …

Unmasking the “Blame the Teacher” Crowd

Guest post by Tim Daly, President, The New Teacher Project The hunt has intensified recently for a shadowy menace: the “blame-the-teacher crowd.” Everyone seems to be on the case, from major magazines to pundits on Twitter. This anti-teacher cabal has grown so powerful that it took center stage at the conventions of the national teachers’ …

More Motown: Shaky Ground

This new teachers’ contract in Detroit isn’t nearly as good as it’s being made out to be – and that’s not even very good!  My take in 140 characters here and here.  More later.