"And you’re left like a zombie"
On advice from its counsel, the Pinellas County School Board (Florida) removed references to closing the white-black achievement gap from its strategic plan. So… if we ignore it, it’ll go away? Or at least make a lawsuit go away? (Extra credit to anyone who recognizes the source of the lyric, without googling it. Yes, of […]
The "tough love" talk begins on Aspen Commission
The spin has begun, with Diane Schemo’s NYT article Tougher Standards Urged for Federal Education Law, Leo Casey’s pointing out that growth models can’t accurately measure teacher contributions to student achievement, Michele McLaughlin’s identifying problems with the commission’s way of framing teacher effectiveness, Andy Rotherham’s saying it has plenty of small actionable ideas, and Kevin […]
Science is back, and you’re gonna be in trouble (Hey-la-day-la, …)
The Kansas Board of Education has eliminated science-standard references to non-natural explanations of natural phenomena. Whew.
Commission Withholds Final Report for NCLB Reauthorization – Aspen Institute
I know that’s not the title of the webpage, which properly is Commission Releases Final Report… Nonetheless, when the livecast link is dead, … (I’ve left messages with two staff members and hope that they can correct the technical problem for the video archive.) The report is available online (though not on the Aspen Institute site).
Tomorrow’s news
Looks like the Aspen Institute’s NCLB commission will be presenting its recommendations tomorrow in a live webcast, though I’m not sure if the 9:30 a.m. start time is EST or MST. Update: In the comments, Aspen Institute staff note that the starting time is 9:30 a.m. Eastern time, right at the end of a class for […]