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Common-sense education policy for a Wednesday afternoon
In the United States, it’s the middle of the week after Thanksgiving. You’ve had several days of work in a row with weeks of work staring at you before the next day off. We’re heading towards winter. Grover Norquist has more appearances on television this week than you’ve ever had in your life. And Thomas […]
Chicago
I am hesitant to draw too many conclusions about the just-ended Chicago Teachers Union strike. With an overwhelming recommendation by the CTU delegates’ assembly, after talking with the rank-and-file on the picket lines, we can probably assume that the membership as a whole will ratify the tentative agreement. But the practical and political implications of the […]
NCLB goose, meet Virginia-waiver gander
Over this last weekend, the gigantic inequalities in Virginia’s NCLB-waiver plan became a target of criticism by former Virginia state board member Andrew Rotherham, among others. Essentially, Virginia decided to set different academic achievement expectations by race and ethnicity, and many have legitimately pointed out that such policies allow many schools to evade responsibility for […]
Federal regulations are not generally written to have pilots and adjustments
Over the past week, different groups are maneuvering around the writing of regulations for Title II of the Higher Education Act, which focuses on teacher education. Education Week has been covering the lobbying that’s developed after the breakdown of attempted stakeholder negotiations over the regulations, with articles last Wednesday on a coalition of higher-education organizations ((Disclosure: […]
Florida Department of Education fails math test
What is there to say about the ongoing story of mistakes in applying the Florida state algorithm for assigning a single letter grade to public schools? Somewhere in the country, at least one overwrought accountability system is going to break down every year for a variety of reasons. This year (again), it’s Florida’s turn. Those […]