- Dan Brown says the country’s educational failures can’t all be blamed on bad teachers.
- Newsweek responds to criticism of its high school rankings.
- A Kentuckian says a failing high school that is being monitored by the state made the list.
- Duncan calls CA’s separation of teachers and testing data a “firewall.”
- The Chicago Trib writes that the Child Nutrition Act will probably get tougher under Obama.
- A counterpoint to Ravitch‘s NCLB take-down says she’s comparing the wrong data sets.
- A Stuyvesant high school librarian is accused of sexual misconduct and will be fired.
- Nothing will get you out of class faster than a note from the president.
- Study shows that more experienced teachers are able to focus on more students at once.
- “All Things Considered” looks at two schools that are trying to lower their tech spending.
- England is raising standards and putting more emphasis on test scores.
- An excessed teacher feels like a coward going along with the test score celebrations.
- Kindergartners write the strangest poetry.
- And a new personality appears on our “blog thingie” to represent the voiceless and the disposesd.