So, I’ve heard of a new educational leadership management, business-ey organization called Leadership for Educational Equity. Sounds nice. Russo has something up about it in This Week in Education. Calls it a TFA spin-off. Nice. That’s just what we need. Russo also says the website is pretty sparse, no way to tell what’s about to […]
Autism, ADHD, Adaptation and Randomization
September 29, 2012 By 2 Comments
#Reuters article all the proof you need: #edreform & #edtech is for profit –> @chrishayes @maddow
August 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
From Business Insider: Education entrepreneur John Katzman urged investors to look for companies developing software that can replace teachers for segments of the school day, driving down labor costs. “How do we use technology so that we require fewer highly qualified teachers?” asked Katzman, who founded the Princeton Review test-prep company and now focuses on […]
Garbage
October 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sorry for the harsh language in the title there. From an educator’s standpoint, I feel like I have to word my views strongly because this perspective lacks the strength of voice given to superintendents and policy makers. But here’s this little manifesto on how to fix our nation’s schools from the usual reform suspects that […]
A brief and important thought about high stakes testing
Remember, and I want to make this brief, yet as clear as crystal. I’ll even bold it. If you are a supporter of a regime of high stakes testing and scripted core curriculum, then you are the status quo. There is this rather confusing idea out there that those who take marching orders from the […]