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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

And leave it to Leo

to hand his lede on the Chicago AFT convention at Edwize over to Hillary. The AFT may have finally endorsed Obama, but to Leo what’s most ...

Klein and Weingarten On the Road

Elizabeth Green has another interesting piece in the NY Sun: Schools Chancellor Reaches Into Presidential Contest "In a speech to the ...

La Rhee en Rose

I have to do some more parsing of Wash DC Supt Michelle Rhee's appearance on Charlie Rose Monday night but check it out and won't yo...

Monday, July 14, 2008

Kahlenberg on Shanker: He's Baaack

Vera Pavone and I reviewed Kahlenberg's "Tough Liberal" for New Politics and you can download a pdf or click on the link at t...

NEA too big for its britches?

Here's an attack by Richard Whitmire on the NEA for "dissing" the mis-using of phony "accountability" to privatize...

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Does Teach for America Have a Future - In Handcuffs?

Must see video over at Chancellor's New Clothes from CBS asking the magical question, "Where did the money go" and will the u...

She's Not There

I had planned to go to Chicago for the AFT convention but when friends bought tickets to see the Zombies this past Friday night, I knew I ha...

Which Comes First- Class Size Reduction or Teacher Quality?

There has been no more persistent theme of Ed Notes throughout our 12 years that teacher quality or effectiveness or whatever they are calli...

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Seymour Papert

Today's Boston Globe has an article on Seymour Papert's attempt to recover from a severe brain injury. Papert has been one of the m...

Friday, July 11, 2008

Philadelphia Story

A Washington Post article on June 26 talked about the failure of privatization efforts in Philly. Another failed school system that Paul Va...

Thursday, July 10, 2008

NYC DOE Monitors Blogs in Search for 'Truth'

Before we start, note that the UFT also has a similar "unofficial" squad - oppressive agencies with things to hide do this sort of...

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Joel Klein devises a plan in which he can stay in power....forever!

Get the dope at the NYC Public School Parent blog . Also check out Leonie Haimson on the Absurd, Ham-Handed Bloomberg Third Term PR Wave Hi...

Is the NYC Parks Department Racist?

One would certainly think so given the fact that small, insular, wealthy communities (full disclosure - I live in one of them) get lifeguard...

Joel and Michelle Have Fun in the Sun (Valley)

http://normsnotes2.blogspot.com/2008/07/joel-and-michelle-have-fun-in-sun.html

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Wendy Kopp Blows Up the Bridge on the River KIPP

"What Have I Done?" - Colonel Nickolson (Alec Guiness), says in Bridge on the River Kwai. You know the story. Brit Nickolson dri...

Hot Items Worth Checking Out

UPDATE: Flattening the Great Education Myth Over at Susan Ohanian's place , David Sirota goes after Tom Friedman's happy talk about ...

Education Summit in Rockaway

Back in April, a supposed education bloggers summit was held in Washington – on a school day when most teachers couldn't attend. The ide...

Monday, July 7, 2008

Elizabeth Green on Eduwonkette's Impact

Green does it again with today's article on Eduwonkette , proving Green is the only ed reporter in NYC, and maybe the nation, with her f...

Teach for America: The One That Got Away

I've been attending a July 4th party out here in Rockaway for about 30 years. I've seen my friends' kids and all their friends g...

Sunday, July 6, 2008

We Get Lettters

Mr Scoot, How are your ? Can you remember me? I'm the girl who has cried because her team failed in the match in FLL. I'm busy...

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