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The American Public Obsolescence System
American public education has "issues." The most amazing thing about public education is how long we've been able to keep this downward trudge into obsolescence going, without relief.
Less Deliberation, More Leadership
Tom Vander Ark looks for signs of leadership in the newly formed Senate HELP Committee.
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.
Why Great Teachers Matter to Low Income Students
"Consider the recent national math scores of fourth- and eighth-graders, which show startling differences among results for low-income African American students in different cities. In Boston, Charlotte, New York and Houston, these fourth-graders scored 20 to 30 points higher than students in the same socioeconomic group in Detroit, Milwaukee, Los Angeles and the District of Columbia. Boston fourth-graders outscored those in Detroit by 33 points. Ten points approximates one year’s worth of learning on these national tests, which means that by fourth grade, poor African American children in Detroit are already three grades behind their peers in Boston."
Making Data Matter
Interesting day at the EdWeek Leader’s Forum on Making Data Matter. Dan Katzir, Broad, did a great job kicking off the event with lessons learned over 10 years. Amiee Guidera did a great job outlining the Data Quality Campaign agenda. It was disappointing only 6% of the participants responded…
Read Friedman on Start Ups
Please read Tom Friedman’s post on start ups. Here’s the most important sentences: Good-paying jobs don’t come from bailouts. They come from start-ups. And where do start-ups come from? They come from smart, creative, inspired risk-takers. How do we get more of those? There are only two…
Step Function Improvement
As the learning revolution matures, it is likely to be turbocharged by lessons about the neuropsychology of learning and motivation. I don’t think we know much about this and don’t use what we know very effectively, but we are likely to learn far more than we know in the coming decade.
RttT: The Work Ahead
With only two winners (thanks for holding the bar high Arne), there are two different paths to resubmission: 1. Support. FL & LA clearly had the most aggressive plans but got dinged for lack of support. They need a little Barb O’Brien (Lt. Gov CO) style barnstorming to build…
Good Urban Schools: A Portfolio Approach
This paper, first written in 2004 with Jim Shelton, is one of the first descriptions of the portfolio approach to urban education.
Yale SOM Education Leaders Conference
A leading business school hosting an education conference? Ten years ago it was unimaginable. Now it happens annually in New Haven. The students organize a great conference, get edu-superstars to attend, and turn out in droves. Jon Schnur kicked off the Racing to the Top conference with a review…