Higher ed, we only say this because we love you: Here are 100 ways you can be better. (National Association of Scholars)

In search of the other half. myEdmatch is an online matching service that seeks to pair educators with schools that have open positions, à la Match.com. (h/t Eduwonk, Dowser)

Be mine, pre-K. The push for universal early childhood education can be traced back to Continue Reading »

The most important factor in retaining new teachers? A strong, involved principal. (Michigan State University College of Education)

Newly available retention data. The equivalent of one first-grader in every classroom across the country was held back in 2008-09, according to new research. (University of Minnesota)

Cashing in on foreign students. International students reportedly cContinue Reading »

“After the university library, to your left, you’ll see our oil rig …” Pennsylvania lawmakers approved a bill that would allow oil drilling on university campuses. Those institutions would get up to 40 percent of the royalties—15 percent of which must be devoted to reducing tuition costs. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Calling all edu-wonks. A new online database provides a “broad overview ofContinue Reading »

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Sleep-deprived and stressed, I don’t remember a lot from my two weeks of new teacher induction other than filling out stacks of paperwork and being thankful for Chik-Fil-A chicken biscuits to get me through it all. I do, however, vaguely remember signing public employee pension forms. At twenty-two, still wearing my colleContinue Reading »

More data, more accountability for K-12. Another report out this week, titled “What Gets Measured Gets Done,” tells us the importance of college completion rates in K-12 accountability. Tracking how high school graduates fare in postsecondary education can provide thoughtful and detailed feedback, the report says, to improve college- and career-readiness at the high school level. ES analysts puContinue Reading »

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Which children’s books are the all-time faves of members of Congress? (NEA)

Should students be assigned to schools in a way that ensures socioeconomic diversity?  Wake County voted yes, until it voted no. (WRAL)

Answering the age-old question: What makes effective teachers and how do schools keep them? (Teachers Network)<Continue Reading »

If you stop and think about it, Teach for America (TFA) and The New Teacher Project (TNTP) are well-functioning, non-profit, national human resource departments for schools. They recruit, screen, and hire candidates, all functions of a traditional HR department. TFA and TNTP do provide a lot more induction and support for their hires, but at the base level their purpose is to find and recommendContinue Reading »

There’s a short video going around the Internets of Michael Bloomberg speaking about mayoral control of a city’s public education system. Here’s the video in full:

Most of it is general arguments for mayoral control, bolstered by Bloomberg’s claims at the beginning about rising test scores in New York City. Whatever you feel about the authenticity of thoseContinue Reading »