EduShyster Interviews Paul Tough about How to Help Children Succeed
Paul Tough popularized the term “grit” in his best-selling book How Children Succeed, but EduShyster decided to avoid that topic in this interview. Tough...
Month : May 2016
Katie Lapham: Can You Teach without Charlotte Danielson’s Rubric?
Some of us are old enough to remember a time when there were no “rubrics” for teaching. Teachers learned how to teach in their teacher...
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Grit
I hope the day comes when I will never again type the four-letter word G-R-I-T. But that day has not yet arrived. Here...
New York: State Officials Clueless About Teacher Shortage
Fred LeBrun of the Albany Times-Union is the best mainstream journalist in New York state. He understands parents and teachers, and he writes sharp columns...
California: Unbridled Charter Expansion Threatens Public Schools
Thomas Ultican, teacher of physics and mathematics in San Diego, California, writes about the disastrous impact of charter schools on public schools. According to a...
When Billionaires Control the Media
The New York Times wrote about the control of the mass media by billionaires, an issue that should concern us all. Not only do they...
Jonathan Chait: “Michelle Rhee’s Policies Worked”
Politico reported this morning on a continuing debate about the “test/and-punish” policies of Michelle Rhee, whose ideas about testing, school closings, and teacher evaluation were...
You Are Invited to the Skinny Awards on June 9
Class Size Matters will hold its annual “Skinny Awards” (the opposite of the Broad awards) in New York City on June 9. Unlike the Broad...
Peter Greene: Florida Officials Leave Manatee District Leaders Twisting in the Wind
Peter Greene reports that the Florida Department of Education made an ambiguous statement when pressed on the Manatee County’s determination to hold back third-grade students...
If You Are Not Saved, Don’t Try to Be a Principal in Broward County, Florida
WA reader anonymously named Substitute Tracher posted this comment: “The Broward County School Board chair at the Calvary Chapel. At 50:45 she says,...