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UTLA and “benchmark” or “periodic” testing
Last week, the United Teachers of Los Angeles called for the cessation of every-few-months testing in the district. The response of the district: such testing is an important tool in improving student achievement, which they know because schools with such testing have had annual-test scores higher than schools without such testing. The flaw in the […]
What personality is your Performance-Pay Attitude? (and other mixed metaphors)
Since other bloggers I read have used various quizzes to spice up their entries, or maybe do something online while they’re waiting for a bus, here is the all-purpose Performance-Pay Personality Quiz. Oh, wait: “personality” isn’t quite appropriate here. But to mix metaphors, what personality is YOUR attitude towards performance pay? Do you think that […]
Oversight boondoggle
Last week the Wall Street Journal lambasted Florida Governor Charlie Crist for failing to appeal a ruling that struck down the Florida Schools of Excellence Commission as an unconstitutional infringement on the powers of county school boards in Florida. The legislature wanted to set up the FSEC as a second authorizer of charter schools in […]
Deantidisestablishmentarianism in education policy rhetoric
Joel Klein and Al Sharpton wrote an open letter to Barack Obama and Arne Duncan that appeared this morning in the Wall Street Journal. And I have just a few questions about this: How can the sitting chancellor and a long-time civil-rights activist claim to be railing against “the entrenched education establishment” when you could […]
Okay, it’s Arne Duncan. Back to the substance already, willya?
The following is one of those trick questions you should never answer: Was Arne Duncan appointed because he’s a cipher/Rorschach test for those with an axe to grind in national education politics, or is he an appointee primarily because of his personal and political connections? In between other tasks, I’ve been reading the comments flying […]