In last year’s The Leadership Limbo, we learned that restrictive union contracts aren’t always to blame when teachers who shouldn’t be teaching don’t exit the profession. Too often, administrators don’t take the necessary steps to remove a teacher from the classroom; they look the other way to avoid conflict and hassles. …
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$200K to burn?
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Re: Jeb Bush, a voice for education reform
http://www.edexcellence.net/flypaper/index.php/2009/01/re-jeb-bush-a-voice-for-education-reform/Reading this Wall Street Journal editorial about Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s unwillingness to defend the state’s alternative charter authorizer, which was created under Jeb Bush but recently declared unconstitutional, I couldn’t help but wish Bush were still governor. …
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Jeb Bush, a voice for education reform
http://www.edexcellence.net/flypaper/index.php/2009/01/jeb-bush-a-voice-for-education-reform/Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s announcement that he won’t run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 is yesterday’s news now, but it’s encouraging that his public statement focuses on education: For me, there is no greater calling than education reform. …
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The Core Knowledge Blog
http://www.coreknowledge.org/blogthe trio note. “And ample evidence that this kind of bail-out will spare school administrators from making hard-but-overdue choices about how to make their enterprise more efficient and effective.” Over at Flypaper, Petrilli writes with eyes wide open, “Yes, we’re ready for the hate mail.” [IMG [Slashdot]] [IMG [Digg]] [IMG [Reddit]] [IMG [del.icio.us]] [IMG [Facebook]] [IMG [Technorati]] [IMG [Google]]
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Finding Excellent Teachers
http://abcte.blogspot.comFlypaper
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Head Start seeks bail-out
http://joannejacobs.com/2009/01/08/head-start-seeks-bail-out...Don’t bail-out Head Start
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Education Weak
http://educationweak.blogspot.comFlypaper
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Remainders: Happy birthday, NCLB
http://gothamschools.org/2009/01/06/remainders-happy-birthda...in Philadelphia. For the first time, a dad is taking the helm of the national PTA. In his last USA Today editorial, Richard Whitmire says Obama’s victory could help black boys. Mike Petrilli asks, Do we need to teach 21st-century skills to 21st-century kids? A reporter describes a visit to Baltimore’s Homeland Security Academy high school.
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Are national board stipends money well spent?
http://ednewscolorado.org/blog/index.php/2009-01-06/are-nati...salary increase (this year worth $3,300) in addition to the $1,600 or $3,200 offered from the state. At the same time, Washington DC’s reform superintendent Michelle Rhee has announced a revamping of her school district’s professional program (H/T Flypaper). Included in the overhaul: <blockquote>…Rhee has dropped the school system’s direct support for instructors seeking certification from the…
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The Software Bottleneck
http://www.tuttlesvc.org/2009/01/software-bottleneck.htmlare worse: costs are higher, projects take longer, and systems are more fragile than ever. Luckily, there is a broad consensus including everyone from Alan November to expert on everything Mike Petrilli on the uselessness of teaching programming. Petrilli's research is particularly authoritative: And what did I learn from spending time with little kids? Among many other things (such as, don’t pick your toddler son’s nose if you don’t want him to pick yours), I noticed how tech-savvy they are. Not a second
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The 15 minutes of Michelle Rhee.
http://preaprez.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/the-15-minutes-of-m...Rhee was on the cover of Time. Yesterday I posted a column by Washington Post writer Colbert King asking after two years of Michelle Rhee as DC schools boss, where was the evidence of improvement? There was also a throw away line on the wing-nut Fordham blog site: But as with much during Rhee’s tumultous almost-2-year tenure, only time will tell how these ideas will transplant to the District’s urban schools. Ouch. Not exactly a vote of support form her former cheerleaders. Today’s
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BLOGS: Best Education Blogs Of 2008
http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducati...Flypaper
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Is the State Budget Shovel Ready?
http://ithoughtathink.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-state-budget-s...but it will be fun to watch what sort of signals come out of the Other Washington regarding any help that we could get here. Update: Obama Pledges Schools Upgrade in Stimulus Plan, from District Administration Magazine. Update 2: There's also Flypaper's take on how a stimulus plan could go right to the education budgets. Great post, well worth reading for anyone following ed finance! Labels: budget, Budget Deficit, Legislative Session 2009, state budget
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