So I’m sitting at home last night catching up on Tivoed episodes of The Daily Show, and come upon Tuesday night’s interview with uber government-hater Grover Norquist, who was flogging his new book. He tried to be funny–a fatal mistake when you’re a guest on a comedy show–and then offered a bunch of lame generalities [...]
All Posts Tagged: 'Mayor Fenty'
Priorities
Even as D.C. politicos and residents are trying to decide what they think about Mayor Fenty’s new pick to run the schools, Michelle Rhee, today Fenty’s office announced his pick for another important position: D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission CEO Allen Y. Lew will head up a new, independent facilities authority created by the school [...]
What Will Rhee Do?
Many thanks to Kevin, Sara, Erin, and Eduwonk on leading the discussion on the DC Public Schools mess. But for those of you who had never heard of Michelle Rhee until yesterday when she was named DCPS Chancellor, or see no hope in her and Mayor Fenty overcoming the disarray that’s been exposed, I’ve got [...]
Incomparable
Since there’s obviously not much else going on in the world, the Post published its third front-page story today on the DC school reform plan plagiarism “scandal,” wherein Mayor Fenty produced a school reform plan partially copied from the school district in Charlotte, NC. Read about days one and two here and here. After the [...]
Hot for Mayors
Edspresso, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and the Chalkboard all have the vapor’s over Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s hopes to take over that city’s troubled schools and expand school choice (specifically, vouchers and recruiting a KIPP school) there. Booker is indeed dreamy, but he does seem to face a daunting uphill battle on [...]
D.C. Governance Reform
The D.C. Council is holding hearings today on Mayor Adrian Fenty’s proposal to take control over governance of the District of Columbia Public Schools. If you’re a real school reform geek, you can watch the hearings here.
You can sense from the hearings that many of the council members are very frustrated with the current system [...]
Fenty’s School Plan
Newly-inaugurated DC Mayor Adrian Fenty unveiled his plan to take over the D.C. Public Schools this morning. Key provisions include:
Placing day-to-day operation of schools in the control of a NYC-style schools chancellor, who would report to Fenty and be a cabinet-level officer in his administration.
Appointing a schools ombudsman.
Creating a facilities management and construction authority to [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman Aldeman's False Fronts is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
03/08/10 | Andrew Rotherham's Eduwonk post on RTT finalists is quoted on Class Struggle.
03/07/10 | Andrew Rotherham is quoted on the success of MATCH in The Times-Picayune.
03/06/10 | Eduwonk's reaction to Ohio's status as a RTT finalist is cited in a Wall Street Journal editorial.
03/05/10 | Andrew Rotherham's reaction to New York's status as a Race to the Top finalist is cited on National Journal.