Peter Greene: In Case You Missed Michelle Rhee…You Can Join the Zoom
Peter Greene wonders if you have missed Michelle Rhee, once the Wonder Woman of the edreform biz, but recently absent from the national scene. After...
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Jeff Bryant: The End of School “Reform”
Jeff Bryant is a journalist who specializes in education. In a recent issue of The Progressive, he details the many failures of what is falsely...
Andrea Gabor: How Big Philanthropy Captured Media Coverage of Their Education Investments
Andrea Gabor is the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at Baruch College, which is part of the City University of New York. Gabor has written...
David C. Berliner: A Hug for Jennifer
David C. Berliner, one of our nation’s most honored researchers of education, shared this essay for readers of the blog. A Hug for Jennifer I met...
Richard P. Phelps Looks Back on D.C. Reform, Part 2
Richard P. Phelps was hired by D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to oversee testing, which was a crucial element in her plans to “reform” the...
Richard P. Phelps: The D.C. Reform Hoax, Part 1
Richard P. Phelps recounts his experiences as the director of assessment for Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. Phelps was expected...
Politico: Will Biden Bring Teachers’ Unions in from the Cold?
The past two decades have been rough times for the two big teachers’ unions. Republicans have demonized them. The Obama administration courted their support but...
Houston: Why HISD Should Have the Best Teachers in the Nation By Now
Audrey Amrein Beardsley writes here about Houston’s experience with value-added evaluation of its teachers. The Houston Independent School District (HISD) contracted with William Sanders’...
Laura Chapman: Can Teachers Be Measured by the Same Methods Used for Cows?
Our wonderful reader Laura Chapman reports here on the origins of the laws that purport to measure teacher quality by the test scores of their...
EdWeek: Teacher Evaluations Resume, Despite Pandemic and Chaotic Conditions
Madeline Will wrote in Education Week that many states plan to resume teacher evaluations, despite the pandemic and the difficulties of teaching remotely and/or in-person....