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NYC Chancellor Struggling to Upend Seniority Clause with City Teachers
Joel Klein tries to fight for rookie teachers, who are most at risk for being laid off but who have the most potential for making lasting influences on students. His barrier: the teacher's union, which fights to preserve the positions of older teachers. The real problem: we don't have the right data to show who should stay or who should go.
Beacon School of Excellence Goes All Out to Improve Students
The state standardized tests start today in New York City. How is one lower-income school in Brooklyn making sure its students are acing exams? Dentists.
Advance Innovative Education Considering Performance Pay for Major Certification Drive
The mission of Advance Innovative Education is to place excellent professionals in the Louisiana school systems to benefit low-income and disadvantaged youth. One of the ways AIE CEO Kristy Hebert is doing this is through performance incentives.
ABCTE Highlighted in US News & World Report
There are probably a lot of frustrated people out of work in America, who want to do something good for their community. They should think about ABCTE.
Dreambox Acquired: More Blended Charters Coming
Reed Hastings of Netflix makes a move. Acquisition opens pathway to blended learning models
Interview: Marc Porter Magee, COO, ConnCAN
Interview with Marc Porter Magee, ConnCAN Chief Operating Officer. Building upon his experience leading the communications, development, research and government affairs teams at ConnCAN, Magee is launching a new venture called 50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now. Starting with a campaign in Rhode Island this spring, 50CAN hopes to reach one-third to one-half of the 50 states by 2015.
The New Learning Landscape
No more lowest common denominator bargaining. That world no longer exists and it's time to learn.
RTTT Phase Two Slog
We're not seeing a rush of significant new thinking in the effort to make up for Race to the Top Phase One shortfalls. What's next?
Interview: Mike Magee, CEO, Rhode Island Mayoral Academies
We interview Mike Magee, CEO of Rhode Island's Mayoral Academies, a charter school foundation that puts school management in the hands of city mayors.
New Access to Appropriate Lit for Autism Spectrum Students
A seven-week intervention studied 43 students in total, ages 12 to 21, with diverse ethnicities and exceptionalities. The result: appropriate literature for the autism spectrum leads to improvements.