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August 31, 2009
Remainders: Once a first daughter, now an ed reporter
- Welcome Jenna Bush Hager to the ed beat. She’s the newest education contributor to the Today Show.
- The Core Knowledge Blog rounds up opinion about whether kids should read books of their own choice.
- The Washington Post has redesigned its education page, launching a new blog just for parents.
- This week, the National Journal’s panel of experts is tackling the subject of school turnarounds.
- Mildly Melancholy, who has been to a lot of professional development, spells out what makes good PD.
- Principal Henry from Staten Island’s McKee HS on why the quality review matters.
- The feds tore down their symbolic little red schoolhouse, but is there a better symbol for education?
- Ed in the Apple wants the school management structure to look less like a Jackson Pollock painting.
- The gender gap in math test scores could be due to loads of untapped female talent.
- The debate over the value of paying kids for good grades rages on the radio.
- And Michele McNeil gives a handy summary of comments on the draft Race to the Top regulations.
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August 31st, 2009 10:15 pm
Didn’t see this in the round-ups…David Steiner, who becomes state education commissioner tomorrow, introduced something of his platform in the NY Post today:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08312009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/rx__common_sense_187308.htm?page=0
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September 1st, 2009 9:13 am
It’s remarkable that the sole criterion for being an education expert in the United States is having millions of dollars.
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