Study: Charter Schools Increasing Racial Segregation in Classrooms

Markell fails to deliver on campaign promise

If American teachers are so bad why do Chinese students do so well?

 

The beginning of the end of Delaware local school boards

TITLE 14 EDUCATIONDELAWARE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 100  Accountability 103 Accountability for Schools, Districts and the State http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title14/100/103.pdf 7.6 Partnership Zone Schools – A school that is a Persistently Low-Achieving School and that is determined by the Secretary as likely to benefit from assignment to Partnership Zone Schools status shall be designated as a Partnership Zone School [...]

Johnny doesn’t like Teach for America

ESEA reauthorization the road to privatization of American schools

ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION ESEA Reauthorization: A Blueprint for Reform public school choice  PDF (2.04M) Supporting Effective Charter Schools. The reauthorization proposal will provide competitive grants to states, charter school authorizers, charter management organizations, districts, and nonprofit organizations to start or expand high-performing public charter schools and other high-performing autonomous public schools, with a priority for applicants proposing to start [...]

Mayor Daley cries foul on Race to The Top

Daley rips Race to the Top education funding process; BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter Nov 4, 2010 9:34AM Mayor Daley on Wednesday blasted a federal education bureaucracy run by former Chicago Schools CEO Arne Duncan for excluding Chicago from the presentation that culminated in Illinois being shut out from $400 million in federal funds. “You leave no [...]

End of Mayoral control of Chicago schools ???

Chicago Teacher Coalition Calls for Elected School Board By Tara Malone, Chicago Tribune (MCT) As Chicago prepares to elect a new mayor, a coalition of teachers, community leaders, parents and students on Wednesday said the city’s next leader should not control public education as Mayor Richard Daley has for most of his 21 years in office. The [...]

Growing number of new blogs speaking out for education concerns

http://politicsdecline.wordpress.com/ Politics of Decline, Redux. “Welcome to my blog. I am currently an active school administrator in New Jersey. I am also a doctoral student in Rutgers University’s Educational Theory, Policy and Administration department. My area of interest is the micropolitics of education.” I think its great that new education related blogs are coming online to share [...]

More contenders for DSEA President

Blog Diane Albanese’s Musings Red Clay DSEA Pres Want-to-be is not alone in the universe Mary Jo Faust is running and was kind enough to respond to some Kilroy questions. See link above Frederika Jenner is running http://doesexperiencecount.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/living-on-the-edge/ “I am running for President of the Delaware State Education Association.  One of our local leaders who is [...]

No TFA bang for the buck?

Teach for America faces scrutiny from Texas lawmakers By ERICKA MELLON Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle Texas lawmakers have ordered a study of Teach for America to help determine if the Peace Corps-like program, which recruits top college graduates to work in needy schools, is worth the state’s $8 million investment. The evaluation, due to the Legislature by [...]