Beyond Superman: Leading Responsible School Reform
The challenges facing public education today require multifaceted solutions that involve all stakeholders working together—not shallow responses or agenda-driven reformers with superhero aspirations. At eSchool News Online, we’ve created this platform to help school and community leaders explore real, effective strategies for moving education forward in the 21st century.
Mississippi debate over school reform evokes broader racial divide
Mississippi lawmaker Kenneth Wayne Jones, a Democrat, briefly became a political pariah last winter when he voted in favor of a proposal to expand charter schools in his…
Nine templates to help educators leverage school data
Educators and administrators are collecting an enormous amount of data about the progress of their students and schools. Now that this information has been collected, how can it…
Commission recommends core changes to education
Students seeking admission to SUNY schools of education should be required to have grade-point averages of at least 3.0, with the aim of boosting teacher quality, a blue-ribbon…
What English classes should look like in Common Core era
The recent controversy over how much fiction and non-fiction high school students are supposed to read under the Common Core State Standards begged the question of where the…
Five key questions about the Common Core standards
The Common Core State Standards are inexorably coming to the 46 states and the District of Columbia, which have approved them, the Washington Post reports.…
What U.S. schools can learn from Russia
There is a tendency to beat up on our public schools based on the performance of American students on international tests. The impression that is created is that…
Nobel Peace nominee: Pay teachers more, focus on mobile technology
Sir Bob Geldof—an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor, and political activist—noted during the Consortium for School Networking's recent K-12 Technology Leadership Conference that the world's economy is…
How to be an effective 21st-century education leader
Today’s K-12 superintendents must be forward thinkers, bold leaders, and skilled communicators in order to lead their schools effectively in the 21st century, said the winners of eSchool…
2012 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award winners discuss the keys to their success
Winners of the 2012 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards sat down with eSchool News Editor-in-Chief Dennis Pierce to discuss the qualities they think are important for today’s superintendents, the initiatives…
eSchool Media honors 10 of the nation’s tech-savvy superintendents
Sponsored by GlobalScholar and JDL Horizons, the 12th annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards from eSchool Media recognized 10 senior school district executives from around the nation who demonstrate outstanding…
Gates Foundation: Test scores not enough for teacher evaluation
After three years of research on measuring teacher effectiveness, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Jan. 8 that it takes multiple measures to most accurately evaluate teachers.…
States nervous about new Common Core school standards
In Kentucky this year, the percentage of elementary and middle-school students who rated "proficient" or better on statewide math and reading tests declined by about a third. Kentucky…
Quality of Texas teachers dropping with low pay
The quality of Texas' teachers is dropping largely because of low pay in a competitive market, an expert economist testified Tuesday in the public school finance trial, the…
Fla. teachers score well in new state eval system
Nearly 97 percent of Florida teachers were rated as "effective" or "highly effective" under a controversial new evaluation system released by state officials Wednesday, but within hours they…