Federal Government

The Great Teachers Union-Republican Alliance of 2015?0
- December 19, 2014
Yesterday, I wrote about the latest developments in what I have begun to simply call “The Testing Mess.” It’s sticky, sticky stuff, and I find that it’s often difficult to decipher which piece of the puzzle I’m going to be talking about when someone brings up “testing” in conversation these days. But being the insatiable […]
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Sticky Testing Issue Knot: Where’s the Education Policy Velcro?0
- December 18, 2014
I may be a precocious and talented young edublogger, but tying shoelaces still gives me fits. My mom insists on double-knotting the laces. Occasionally, in my dreams, I am stifled and frustrated by a tight pair of shoes that I can’t remove because they have been tied snugly so many times with knots that could […]
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Teacher Training, Licensure, Evaluation, Pay: Fix ‘Em All (and Do It Right)0
- November 21, 2014
It’s been more than a week now since I thankfully resisted the urge to “blow up” education schools. In the meantime, my remarks about teacher preparation have been vindicated — both the tone of urgency and the “moderate” but serious approach to addressing the issue. Let’s start with the urgency. The National Council on Teacher […]
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Silly Season Returns Good News for School Choice, Bad News for Unions 0
- November 5, 2014
Rounding up the key election results for education that mark the end of the silly season, it’s time for the serious policy work to resume.
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Antonucci Reminds Us to Be Skeptical of Union Leaders’ Pleas to Change 0
- October 31, 2014
From the spooky to the smile-inducing to the skeptical, welcome to Eddie’s roller coaster world of education policy commentary. Skeptical, you say? What am I talking about? The article of the week for you to read comes from Education Next and America’s most well-informed and honest observer of all things related to the National Education […]
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Buckle Up for the Ride, Colorado: The Testing Issue Isn’t Going Away Soon 0
- October 24, 2014
Tests in schools, tests in schools. Why do I have a strange sort of feeling this issue isn’t riding off quietly into the sunset any time soon? First, we’ve got the entire hot mess known as Common Core (or maybe we should just follow Governor Hickenlooper’s advice and rename it “Colorado Core”?) and the new […]
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