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Union Leaders Miss Bus as Union Bus (Thankfully) Misses Me0
- July 14, 2014
Usually I’m reluctant to cross into the intersection of education policy and national politics. But when I do, I lean heavily on the trusted big people in my life to walk me across the busy lanes of scary-looking traffic. The aftermath of the NEA Assembly in Denver is one of those times when I’m reaching […]
READ MOREUnion Flailing against Improved Student Outcomes, Empowered Teachers0
- July 10, 2014
The thousands of delegates who gathered in Denver last week for National Education Association’s annual Representative Assembly felt more than just the summer heat. A continuing loss of members and some major rebukes from the courts has kept on the pressure. Still, the nation’s largest teachers union refuses to change its tune. Rather than police the profession and respect individual teacher rights, the politically powerful NEA is trying to change the subject.
READ MOREWould Letting Kids Sleep In More Help Academic Results? Please Say Yes0
- July 1, 2014
You know one thing I’m thankful for? My Education Policy Center friends never order a wake-up call to get me out of bed early so they can help me write this blog. Little prodigies like me need all the sleep we can (though I try not to concede that argument when my mom tells me […]
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Holyoke’s Pursuit of Innovation Status Raises Real Questions to Answer0
- June 25, 2014
Among the big people around me, there’s a fair amount of cheering and groaning and Monday morning quarterbacking. Apparently, that’s what the day after a primary election does to you. I’ll leave the politics to them, and spend just a few moments on an interesting story that slipped in last week. Chalkbeat Colorado’s Kate Schimel […]
READ MOREAmy Oliver Show: Preparing Teachers Better0
- June 23, 2014
The National Council on Teacher Quality’s Arthur McKee highlights a new report that shows far too many teacher education programs are falling short.
READ MOREVergara Big Win for California Kids, But Should We Worry about Courts’ Role?0
- June 12, 2014
Yesterday it was belated high fives all around for a defensive legal victory here in Colorado, as a Denver judge dismissed a union-backed lawsuit to enshrine harmful tenure protections. For anyone in the K-12 education world who may have been sleeping under a rock for a few days, you may not have heard that good […]
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