How Bureaucrats Are Ruining Education
By Wellford Wilms A sobering tale of bureaucracy run amok, to the detriment of schoolchildren. Last week the Los…
NJ Schools Turn to Familiar Instrument to Measure Teacher Performance
By John Mooney Charlotte Danielson talks about the challenges as her “Frameworks for Teaching” is adopted by more than…
A City Borrows So Its Schools Open on Time
The unusual situation in Philadelphia stems from a combination of politics and long-term structural problems. By Rick Lyman and…
Seeking Better Teachers, City Evaluates Local Colleges That Train Them
By Jabin Botsford/The New York Times In an effort to shake up institutions that have been criticized as too…
One year after state tenure overhaul, participants optimistic about new process
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal Jersey City public-school teachers have not fared well under the state’s tenure overhaul,…
8 Things You Should Know About Corporations Like Pearson that Make Huge Profits from Standardized Tests
Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act and Obama’s Race to the Top grant program means testing giants are raking…
Who’s Afraid of Radical History?
Mitch Daniels’s covert war on Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. A recent Associated Press expose—drawing…
Are Street Protests Next in the Fight Over Education Reform?
Showdowns in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City and beyond have turned out parents and teachers in droves—and revealed how…
Jeff Bezos’s Other Endeavor: Charter Schools, Neoliberal Education Reforms
By Lee Fang […] There’s one area where Bezos has been hyper-active, but it is largely unknown to the…
Buono sketches education policy in meeting with school advocates
By Matthew McGrath, Staff Writer. The Record. NEWARK — Barbara Buono, the Democratic nominee for governor, pledged during a…
Spotlight Q&A: Arthur Levine On Raising The Bar For New Teachers
By John Mooney Renowned critic of traditional teacher-education programs talks about theory versus practice and how to raise the…
Walton foundation donates $2 million to Newark Teach For America
By Dan Goldberg/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — Newark’s Teach for America is getting a boost from the Walton Family Foundation,…
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