I missed the transition to when it was announced that South Africa had actually made it into the world cup championship. So I continued to watch the game, but when the last game was played and they brought out the giant, gold trophy, I felt a bit let down, because I had been expecting
If you love education, you should really watch this program. It gives a visual look and multi-sided perspective on Michelle Rhee’s reign in DC. It misses some of what DC has learned in the aftermath of the Rhee reform efforts, but it is still worth seeing to see and hear the voices. I
If you love education, you should really watch this program. It gives a visual look and multi-sided perspective on Michelle Rhee’s reign in DC. It misses some of what DC has learned in the aftermath of the Rhee reform efforts, but it is still worth seeing to see and hear the voices. I
The Administation for Children & Families (ACF) at the Health & Human Services Department, like HUD, traditionally starts its solicitation season in the spring. But this year is different, with both agencies planning to release the bulk of their solicitations this fall and win
We prefer success to be measured in more ways than standardized testing, but we do think that student performance on tests will improve as organizational capacity develops. So, let’s look: In 2009, Pensarus helped HHS experienced a 7 percentage point gain in Reading. Pensarus wa
So, lunch with Dad last Friday kicked off an exciting week. I later got to share perspectives with the CityBridge book club – which is a great discussion forum for education supporters, by the way. The fall book is the Brill book, and the team at CityBridge is very inviting. I f
I watched the movie, Invictus, and as I watched, excitedly, I missed the transition to when it was announced that South Africa had actually made it into the world cup championship. So I continued to watch the game, but when the last game was played and they brought out the giant, gold
A colleague once said to me that it’s hard to teach one’s own kids to behave properly and treat peers with kindness and respect because we’ve evolved into a bullying society. This piqued my interest. I have been hearing and reading so much about cyber bullying in the Washington educat
… breathtaking example of what standardized testing is *supposed* to do—inform, calibrate, and motivate teachers to improve their instruction. But how can we undo that damage that has been done to educator accountability measures? Perhaps if we quieted the value-add discussion f
Although I wouldn’t discourage faraway teachers from working in a certain community, I personally preferred the community-based approach. I wanted to connect. So, when my charter school was catering to the Shaw neighborhood, I lived walking distance. Later on, I moved to NE (Hechinger