0 Jumping to Conclusions

In a recent post on Education Week's Inside School Research blog, Debra Viadero offers a caution about President Obama's support for community colleges. Pointing to her recent article on community college...

0 State Teacher Policies Suck!

I'm sure glad that Kate Walsh and company weren't my professors in college. Damn! They are tough graders! With the exception of eight southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South...

0 Making SAFRA Count

The end of last year was a busy time for me as I waited out the birth of my daughter who decided to spend an extra 10 days lounging in utero before emerging...

0 Goren Named New Director of Chicago Consortium

The Consortium for Chicago School Research just named a new Executive Director to replace John Easton who left to become director of the Institute for Education Sciences. CCSR made a wise choice in selecting...

0 When Pigs Fly

It's not often I agree with the Wall Street Journal editorial page, but I guess pigs are flying today. The WSJ's take, in today's editorial ("Race To The Middle?"), on how the Race to the Top selection...

0 D-Day

Today is the deadline for state applications in the first round of the Race to the Top grant competition. The easy prognostication to make is that the vast majority of the 39 states (and DC) that apply...

0 Excuses, Excuses...

Sara and I were talking in the car yesterday on the way to a very good children's museum in Rockford, Ilinois and bemoaning the fact that our blog doesn't have much thoughtful or updated content. Now,...

0 Updates on the Race: 01-15-2010

Round-one applications are due on January 19, 2010...CALIFORNIABay Area schools are Racing to the Top (Contra Costa Times)ILLINOIS70 percent of districts on board (Peoria Journal Star)IOWARttT bills on...

0 Updates on the Race: 01-14-2010

COLORADORttT bill is fast-tracked (Denver Post)CONNECTICUT75 school districts on board (New Haven Register)ILLINOISLegislation revamps teacher evaluations; governor's signature expected (The State Journal-Register)INDIANA93%...

0 Updates on the Race: 01-13-2010

NATIONALAFT chief vows to revise teacher-dismissal process (Education Week)Strong applications versus stakeholder support? (Flypaper)RttT fire drills ignore the fact that 52% 0f state application is based...

0 Updates on the Race: 01-11-2010

Playing catch up following the holidays and the birth of our second child ... here are the major Race to the Top updates a week before round 1 applications are due on January 19th...NATIONAL39 States...

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0 The Newest Optimist

Happy New Year! Liam and I are taking a bit of a break from blogging to spend time with the newest Education Optimist-- Annie Lucille Rae Goldrick! Annie joined our family on January 2, 2010, and is...