EDUCATION - Teachers - Independence Institute

More Research Could Highlight Real Promise of Blended Learning 0
- September 23, 2014
Today seemed like a good day to get out of the hot kitchen and look at a topic I haven’t addressed in awhile: blended learning. You know what I mean. According to the Clayton Christensen Institute, it’s: a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online learning, with some […]
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Jeffco Teacher “Sickout” Has Me Feeling Sick… And Confused 0
- September 19, 2014
Having to write this kind of post makes me feel a little sick to my stomach. Why would some teachers walk out on kids, enough to close down two Jeffco high schools? The headline from a 9News story points to the only two possibilities I can see: AP US History or teacher pay raises. What… […]
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Russian Dolls and Education Policy: New Study Looks More Closely at Teacher Evaluations 0
- September 17, 2014
Ever heard of a matryoshka doll? You may not have heard the name before, but I bet you’ll recognize the concept. You start with a big doll, break it open, and discover a smaller doll inside. That doll contains a still smaller doll, and inside that one is an even smaller one. You’ve got to […]
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Colorado More Leader than Laggard: A Report Card Eddie Can (Mostly) Enjoy 0
- September 12, 2014
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you probably know I have a fondness for report cards. A certain kind, anyway. Just as long as it’s not my report card going home to my parents about my performance. Seriously, though, I like to talk about report cards related to education policy — […]
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Onward and Upward: Jeffco Forges Ahead with New Pay Model 0
- September 8, 2014
A while back, I wrote about a proposal in Jefferson County that aimed to reimagine the way the district’s pay structure works. The proposal generated much huffing and puffing by the teachers union. Happily, this has not resulted in them blowing the proverbial house down. In fact, the school board voted last week to press […]
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Michigan Judge Calls Out Union Opt-Out Policy as Unfair to Teachers 0
- September 5, 2014
My dad once told me a story about when he was a little kid, not much older than I am now. He saw one of the bigger kids on the school playground holding a few of the smaller kids’ lunch money hostage. This bully said he had taken their money for the privilege of being […]
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