Jack Jennings is right (part 1)
I didn’t have my computer for part of the evening, but I did have a way to record my thoughts on Jack Jennings’s testimony yesterday at the NCLB reauthorization hearing.
NCLB hearing testimony
I’m trying to find all of the written statements for yesterday’s NCLB hearing. Thus far, I have the following: Jack Jennings Kevin Carey Bob Wise Dianne Piche Nelson Smith Reg Weaver Kati Haycock Mike Petrilli Joan Wodiska Paul Houston Michael Resnick Correction: All of the testimony is listed on the committee’s hearing page, which also […]
Stalemate talk or spin?
Another bit from Alexander Russo today, stemming from an NPR story: [This is the] first word I’ve heard of that Spellings is saying she’d rather have the current NCLB than the Miller draft. Saber-rattling? Maybe. But for those who are most worried about multiple measures and all the rest, it’s going to be a serious […]
NCLB reauthorization hearing
Since he’s a former Hill staffer, I’d pay attention to Alexander Russo’s comments on today’s House NCLB reauthorization hearing. By having everyone speak, the committee pretty much ensures a certain amount of cacaphony. And by putting Kati Haycock — one of the draft’s most vocal critics — off in the teacher quality corner, the committee […]
NCLB "Shrinklits" spin
I’ve just finished a substantial detail-oriented task (took about a day or more spread over the past week), and I am just too tired right now to read and talk about the Miller-McKeon discussion draft sequel, esp. Title II. I’m far too tired now to analyze the various spins that people have tried out on […]