Miami-Dade Superintendent on public schools, immigration, and the FCAT
It's hard to imagine more than a handful of jobs more difficult than that of Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the Huffington Post reports.
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Activist targeting schools, backed by big bucks
During her tumultuous three years at the head of the Washington D.C. public schools, Michelle Rhee set off a lot of fireworks, Reuters reports.
D.C. chancellor announces new 5-year education plan, warns of closures
D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson introduced a new five-year plan that calls for higher-achieving public schools with longer days and better graduation rates, but she warned that paying…
Opinion: The loss of solitude in schools
In education discussions, we hear about the need for more concrete standards, or for less testing, or for more testing, or for richer curriculum, or for better facilities,…
A first-hand look inside a flipped classroom
There have been many school reform trends over the past few years: student response systems, video games for math, mobile phones for learning—but none have completely transformed the…
Experts share their ed-tech predictions for the new year
We recently asked a handful of education and ed-tech experts for their thoughts on what the future holds for 2012—and beyond. Here's what these experts had to say.
Watch: rEDesignMyEdu Twitter campaign seeks K-12 ideas from young people
While lawmakers seek to make sweeping changes to public education at the national and state levels, some University of Michigan students are looking to reshape K-12 education from…
Principals share secrets to positive school culture
Turning around low-performing schools and improving educator morale might seem daunting as school leaders are being asked to do more with less, but some leaders have made marked…
States rewrite education rules, with or without Race to the Top
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Chicago Public Schools to roll out high school-college hybrid
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Funding for Idaho online learning would vary widely
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IDs identifying students based on test scores spark outrage
An Orange County, CA high school has come under fire from state education officials after they issued student ID cards that are color-coded based on their standardized tests…
HISD reform effort nets math gains, but reading falls flat
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Merit pay in the spotlight at Miami-Dade schools
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ED proposes teacher prep reforms
To ensure that teachers are ready to enter the classroom, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is proposing a series of initiatives to reward the best teacher preparation…
6 wild ideas for ideal schools
A month ago, I suggested that readers stop asking me what’s a good school and come up with their own ideas. I wanted fresh concepts, including some that…
New film fights negative perception of teachers
Think of it as kryptonite for ‘Superman’: As lawmakers work to strip teachers of their collective bargaining rights and school reformers place much of the blame for the…
Education secretary praises Toledo’s peer review system for teachers
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Troubled schools try mimicking the charters
Classrooms are festooned with college pennants. Hallway placards proclaim: “No Excuses!” Students win prizes for attendance. They start classes earlier and end later than their neighbors; some return…
New teacher evaluation framework promises to serve students, and educators, fairly
Improved labor-management relations are in the best interest of every school district. Along those lines, the AFT and AASA have collaborated in the development of a framework to…
They dropped out of Princeton-for education reform
For the past three years, Princeton University has been home to Catharine Bellinger and Alexis Morin, and their non-profit organization Students for Education Reform, USA Today reports.
New Jersey launches pilot teacher evaluation program, equally weighing tests and class success
New Jersey launches a pilot program today that will evaluate teachers at 10 schools by equally weighing a student's academic and classroom performance, the Huffington Post reports.
Viewpoint: A rational approach to student-teacher ratios
What number of students should each teacher teach? How many is “too many”? It turns out that the right answer is: It depends.
Democratic Michigan state representative resigns to join Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst
Michigan Democratic state Rep. Tim Melton is leaving office and moving to California to join Michelle Rhee's education reform group StudentsFirst, the Huffington Post reports.
Wisconsin teacher retirements double after cuts to benefits and collective bargaining
When students return Thursday for the first day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone, as teachers chose retirement over coming back in the wake…
RheeFirst, Michelle Rhee attack site, defended by teachers union
In the eyes of Steven Brill, the American Federation of Teachers building a website attacking Michelle Rhee and masking its origins is worse than Rhee's creating a billion-dollar…
Growth scores give schools No Child Left Behind alternative
Orr Middle School Principal George Leavens isn't surprised that only half his students tested at grade level in math and reading last school year, the Las Vegas Review-Journal…
‘Principal pipeline’ project targets six major districts
Six school districts will receive funding from a $75 million initiative that will help them develop a much larger corps of effective school principals and determine whether this…
Ind. vouchers prompt thousands to change schools
Weeks after Indiana began the nation's broadest school voucher program, thousands of students have transferred from public to private schools, causing a spike in enrollment at some Catholic…
NYC ordered to release teacher performance data
A New York state appellate court has ruled New York City must release reports that measure public school teachers’ effect on their student test scores—complete with the teachers’…
15 ways more funding could change education
If money were no object, what would your "dream school" look like—and what it would offer students and teachers? Perhaps surprisingly, many readers responded with practical, common-sense ideas—which…
Opinion: Why great teachers aren’t enough to make schools work
We love to talk about teachers—good teachers, bad teachers. Our entire narrative about schools seems to revolve around finding good teachers and firing bad ones, says Harold Kwalwasser,…
Opinion: What the U.S. can learn about education from Canadians
There is a debate, if that’s what you can even call it, raging in America about how to improve our public education system, Reuters reports.
How to fix our math education
There is widespread alarm in the United States about the state of our math education, reports the New York Times.
Watch: Steven Brill to Diane Ravitch: Unions must be on side of reform
The founder of The American Lawyer magazine and Court TV tells the story of a coalition of unlikely allies in the fight to change a school system that…
How does Obama want to reshape preschools? Education Department shows its hand.
The Department of Education on Tuesday announced the guidelines governing the $500 million in Race to the Top grants that it sees as a tool to reshape preschool…
Rotten apples: Coping with educators who cheat
A problem that has plagued schools in Atlanta, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and elsewhere could further erode confidence in public education—just when schools need all the support…
Superintendents sound off on school reform at Harvard conference
In the eyes of Indiana State Superintendent Tony Bennett, America's schools can only improve by taking on a number of different reforms simultaneously, the Huffington Post reports.
Schools restore fresh cooking to the cafeteria
The idea of making school lunches better and healthier has gathered steam in many parts of the nation in recent years, but not equally for every child, reports…