Yesterday Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, gave a speech calling the process to remove teachers “glacial” and reiterating that student test scores should be a part of teacher evaluations. How did the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teacher’s union respond? Jay Matthews has it:
[The NEA's director of teacher quality] said [...]
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Fun With Words
Mayoral Control is, in Fact, about Style
Secretary Duncan’s public endorsement of mayoral control in New York City this month comes on the heels of months of controversy for the city’s chancellor Joel Klein, whose tenure seems to be endangering not only NYC’s mayoral control but the viability of Mayor Bloomberg’s entire reform agenda. The allegations driving the calls for Klein to [...]
Points for Style?
Nick Kristoff’s recent column about Michelle Rhee brings up a common trope in school reform controversies: “leadership style,” with Kristoff averring that “Ms. Rhee’s weakness is her bedside manner.” Per Eduwonk–really? Is that all? Read Dana Goldstein’s informative new TAP article about UFT President Randi Weingarten, Rhee’s chief antagonist, who “speaks in the commanding, practiced [...]
Where’s Rick, Someone Call Rick
“All I can say is that President Weingarten’s early signals do no credit to Al Shanker’s legacy.”
Distorting RAND
About a month ago, I wrote a long post on the topic of “value-added” measures of teacher effectiveness. With such measures getting a high-profile endorsement from the Aspen Commission on NCLB, I wrote, it was a safe bet that opponents of tying teacher evaluation to student tests scores would be mischaracterizing the conclusions of a [...]
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.