0 Knocked Up...and Knocked Out?

Maybe I'm just a little too sensitive these days. After all, women at the end of their third trimester can be like that. But when I read about a new campaign, one to prevent unplanned pregnancies among...

0 Updates on The Race: 11-23-2009

ARKANSAS: Listening tour a state RttT strategyDELAWARE: RttT fuels changes to teacher evaluation and school turnaroundsIOWA: More questions than answers?MICHIGAN: Governor Granholm touts RttTOHIO: State...

0 Study Demonstrates Link Between Hunger and Children’s Ability to Learn

On this Thanksgiving week, it is appropriate that we acknowledge the large numbers of America’s children who are too hungry to learn as indicated in a new public opinion survey commissioned by Share...

0 Resisting the End of Childhood

As I read the story in Friday's New York Times, my belly twisted with the sharp movements of the nearly 9-month-old fetus inside. My daughter's little...

0 Updates on the Race: 11-19-2009

CALIFORNIA: December vote on Race to the Top billsFLORIDA: State may ask for a quarter of $4 billion RttT pot of fundsIDAHO: Governor Otter praises RttT plansMASSACHUSETTS: Lawmakers stiff Governor on...

0 Updates on the Race: 11-18-2009

ALABAMA: Gov. Riley to push for charter schoolsMARYLAND: Gov. O'Malley says state is working on RttTMASSACHUSETTS: State senate passes 'sweeping' ed changes, Gov. Patrick challenges House to do its partNEVADA:...

0 Updates on The Race: 11-17-2009

California: The tortoise wins?Colorado: A road mapMaryland: Late to the starting lineMassachusetts: Reform to put a spring in its step?Nevada: Out of the runn...

0 Big Man on Community College Campus

TIME recently crowned 10 college presidents (nearly all men) the "best" in the nation. The article spurred the usual pushback against "top 10" lists and raised questions about the criteria used, but...

0 Musical Elective of the Month

The Musical Elective of the Month is Justin Townes Earle.His music encompasses blues, country, folk, and acoustic rock and he sometimes appears to be channeling a young Hank Williams or Woody Guthrie....

0 Debating College for All

It's easy to get lost in the excitement over what appears to be a New Deal for higher education. This was an exciting year, what with the nation's president stepping forward with substantial goals to...

0 Race To The Top: Under The Hood

My colleagues and I at the New Teacher Center submitted revised language during the public comment period to strengthen proposed Race to the Top (RttT) regulations. (8/28/2009: "RttT: Redefining Teacher...

0 On Your Marks, Get Set ... Go!

The U.S. Department of Education this morning posted final regulations and the state application for the Race to the Top program. Have at it.More analysis later hopefully ... but a generally positive...

0 Can Baby Steps Win the Race To The Top?

It looks like the state of Wisconsin may become the canary in the coal mine with regard to data firewalls and the Race to the Top (RttT) competition. Last week, the State Legislature passed legislation,...

0 Using Value Added to Assess Teacher Effectiveness

The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management -- an organization not widely known outside of academia and technical policy circles -- puts on truly meaty conferences. I've attended three APPAM...

0 A Little Obama Effect

This is awkward. My 2 1/2 year old son is paying attention to politics and presidents, and as his parents we couldn't be more proud. Except for one problem. He's begun to call every non-white male he...

0 The Prison-Education Connection

An article in today's Chronicle Review covers a surge of scholarly interest in "prison studies." The author does a nice job of capturing key areas of...