Qualification overkill in California
Along the path to meeting NCLB requirements, California is tripping over its own shoelaces. Costly and time-consuming certification requirements...
Along the path to meeting NCLB requirements, California is tripping over its own shoelaces. Costly and time-consuming certification requirements...
A new study offers an unusual perspective on the value of a good teacher, in this instance the value of...
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments this session over the use of union fees for political purposes. The...
Minnesota: Three more Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area school districts have decided to take part in Minnesota's voluntary $86 million, Q-Comp...
The latest installment in Public Agenda's "Reality Check" series takes the ed reform temperature of "The Insiders"--in other words, principals...
And you thought that becoming a teacher was complicated. Check out this cartoon illustrating the process for firing a teacher...
Editorial by Kate Walsh Last spring I was on a panel with Arthur Levine, then-president of Teachers' College, to let education...
As has been widely reported, 7,000 Detroit teachers marched on the picket line recently, delaying the start of the school...
A not-so-new study from the national accrediting body for education schools, NCATE, has finally been released, providing even more evidence...
On September 12th, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) undertook what Stanford mathematician R. James Milgram called an...
Late last month, in a troubling decision, a federal appeals court reversed an important 2003 ruling on teacher testing. Earlier...
The Feds have decided to forego putting real pressure on states to phase out HOUSSE routes for veteran teachers. They...
A study released last month by Ohio's Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions reveals some not-so-surprising, yet significant, results. ...
Massachusetts: First up is Springfield, Massachusetts, where the teachers union recently gave the go-ahead to an interesting compensation scheme. It's...
If the Teutonic Terminator signs it (and it looks like he will), California will put two pieces of legislation targeting...