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About that New Chairman of the Florida Board of Education
I missed a subtlety in Leslie Postal’s Orlando Sentinel story last month that StateImpact’s John O’Connor didn’t. This from Postal’s story about the search for a new commissioner: Applicants to replace Gerard Robinson, who stepped down after a little more than … Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged charter schools, charter schools in florida, colleen wood, DOE, education reform, FCAT, Florida, Florida Board of Education, florida education, florida governor, Florida schools, Gary Chartrand, Gerard Robinson, Jeb Bush, Joe Joyner, Kathleen Shanahan, KIPP, rick scott, save duval schools, teach for america, teachers, testing
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The Stonewall to Protect Michelle Rhee and Teach for America
One time Michelle Rhee apologist, Jay Mathews, predicted a cover-up. He got one. Wrote Mathews in June of the snail’s pace of the DC inspector generals investigation of test-cheating which occurred on Rhee’s watch as DC chancellor: What about all those erasures? … Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged cheating, DC schools, education, high stakes testing, kaya henderson, michelle rhee, teach for america, TFA, Wendy Kopp
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Key to FCAT Success for Charter Schools USA : Teach the Test
The much ballyhooed release early this month by the Florida DOE touting charter school superiority got a follow-up in the Naples Daily News. Reporter Heather Carney asked the principal of Bonita Springs Charter about their status as an A school. Bonita … Continue reading
Some Inconvenient History for a Teach for America Alum, Jeb Bush and Parent Trigger Advocates
Matt Minnick wasn’t alone in being less than forthcoming about who he was when he testified before the Florida Senate Budget Committee’s March 3rd hearing on SB 1718 . An AFL-CIO lobbyist wasn’t either. The one-time Teach for America corps member turned … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta cheating scandal, Atlanta Public schools, charter schools, charter schools in florida, cheating, education, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, Foundation for Florida's Future, Jeb Bush, Matt Minnick, Parent trigger, Parent trigger law, SB 1718, school reform, teach for america, testing
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Education’s Ruling “Plutocracy” of Billionaires
Quickly emerging as one of the nation’s most important education writers, Walt Gardner cautions that America should be concerned that billionaires are investing so much in education policy. Referencing the recent donation of NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg and others to save the … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple Computer, arne duncan, BIll Gates, billionaires, Broad Foundation, corporate money in education, DOE, Eli Broad, gates foundation, hedge funders, Karen Cator, market based reform, Mike Bloomberg, NYC schools, phillanthropic, privatization, school reform, schools, teach for america, Walton family
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Florida School Board Chairman Calls Teach for America Report a “Fluff Piece”
From Florida Times-Union reporter Topher Sanders: Here’s the local report of Teach for America’s effectiveness in Duval County Public Schools. The report came under fire last week when several School Board members criticized it for not being objective. The report … Continue reading
Teach for America Confirms Corp Member Cheating in Atlanta
Only WXIA TV in Atlanta and the American Independent news system is reporting on this right now. “A handful of our teachers did confess to cheating and there are no excuses for that. It’s completely unacceptable,” said Metro Atlanta Teach … Continue reading
Three Teach for America Corps Members Confess to Cheating in Atlanta Scandal – More Implicated
From Atlanta NBC 11: Three Teach for America educators in Atlanta schools have confessed to cheating to state investigators and more were implicated. “A handful of our teachers did confess to cheating and there are no excuses for that. It’s … Continue reading
FCAT, Teach for America, Spreadsheet Documentation and Cold, Hard Cash
In a letter to the editor of the Florida Times-Union, Wanda Hedrick, Katrina Hall and Lunneta Williams – all of whom hold doctoral degrees in education – make the case that Florida’s students are tested too much. While assessment has … Continue reading
How One Teach For America Alum Learned Why Experience Matters
The three-part piece by a Teach For America corp member published in The Answer Sheet revealed much about the controversial new teaching program. It also was a useful look into the experince of a new teacher. Anna Martin, who unlike the … Continue reading
