When the Los Angeles Times announced it was releasing its analysis of how much value each one of 6,000 L.A. elementary school teachers had added to their classes, based on test scores, I knew how to test the validity of their project. I have spent much time in room 56 at Hobart Boulevard Elementary School [...]
I know very little about the internal structure and politics in the Lansing Community College (LCC) Math department so I apologize in advance if I miss the boat in my analysis. I am not intending to criticise teachers or advisors as I know how hard their job is and I know that it takes dedication [...]
School opens today in the District. For the next three weeks, Americans who care about the future of urban schools will watch the city closely. If Mayor Adrian M. Fenty loses the Democratic primary, Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee — the most divisive D.C. educator in my 39 years at The Washington Post — will [...]
Sure, summer is nice, but for many of us education wonks, it is a big bore. Want to add some excitement to your beachside/mountain/TV room/overseas or pitiful workaholic existence? At the next gathering of family or friends, or better yet wherever you are doing your drinking, ask why a major organization promoting the improvement of [...]
The D-Ed Reckoning blog, the work of two smart people who call themselves KDeRosa and Catherine Johnson, had as its top-of-the-blog pull quote recently this endorsement by me: “Doesn’t put me to sleep.” That’s true, but I would have mentioned the blog even if it didn’t use my name because of a flurry of posts [...]
This is the second part of California high school English teacher Jerry Heverly’s fictional conversation with four great education experts. Scroll down this blog for last week’s first part, which introduce Heverly, my guest columnist, and four real people whom, as far as we know, never met except in Heverly’s imagination. Heverly’s e-mail address is [...]