I finally opened my copy of Diplomas Count, an annual publication from Education Week devoted entirely to issues around high school graduation, and I didn’t get far before something caught my eye. It wasn’t the article on Florida’s data system, the piece on ensuring graduation rates mean the same state-to-state, or the map of graduation [...]
All Posts Tagged: 'Professional Development'
Hearing Back on Benwood
I’ve been getting a lot of feedback on the report about the Benwood Initiative that we recently released. Some who appreciated the “nuance” of the findings, others who had great methodological questions, and a smattering of folks who offered terse commentary that can be summed up as “you’re saying it takes everything to change the [...]
Teacher Voice on Master’s Degrees
AFTie Ed responds to the posts below on Master’s degrees, just after I chided union blogs for non-responsiveness. My bad. His arguments, as near as I can tell, are as follows:
1) Unions like the AFT are supporting progams right now in places like New Mexico that expand the kinds of professional development for which teachers [...]
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
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.