Study: Turnover is lower among teachers who are the same race as their principal. (JPAM/MU News)
A West New York school aide who was laid off went on hunger strike to save her job. (Hudson Reporter)
State officials helped the feds craft NCLB waiver rules, and now they might not follow them. (The Capitol)
Neuroscientists say “redshirting,” or waiting a year before kindergarten, is bad for kids’ brains. (Times)
Instructions to help teachers with cold-calling on students during class. (Coach G.’s Teaching Tips)
Schools where fourth-grade classes got bigger saw smaller-than-average score gains last year. (Edwize)
Checker Finn advocates for a new, hybrid breed of school governance. (National Affairs via Flypaper)
The DOE’s former top exec, Eric Nadelstern, urges creative non-compliance for principals. (Schoolbook)
A problem for education reporters: Writing accurately about test scores can be boring. (Shanker Blog)
Jay Mathews lists six intriguing examples of suggestions for new school models. (Class Struggle)
USDOE is giving states an extra four months to report how they spent stimulus funds. (Politics K-12)
Walking through a super-student-centered lesson on place value. (Mr. Foteah)
Jonathan Kozol has signed onto Ralph Nader’s call for a primary challenge against Obama. (Nation)
Don C.
My experience on race/teaching: I am white and have been teaching for over 15 years. During my tenure I have have worked for two terrible white principals. I also worked for one outstanding white principal. I have worked for one terrible African American principal. However, the “best” principal I ever worked for was Puerto Rican. I can also say that the majority of teachers that I worked with in the various schools shared my opinions on who was a good vs. who was a crappy principal regardless of race. I must also add that in my entire teaching career I never given much thought about race among my colleagues. A good principal is a good principal no matter what race he or she is.
Don C.
My experience on race/teaching: I am white and have been teaching for over 15 years. During my tenure I have have worked for two terrible white principals. I also worked for one outstanding white principal. I have worked for one terrible African American principal. However, the “best” principal I ever worked for was Puerto Rican. I can also say that the majority of teachers that I worked with in the various schools shared my opinions on who was a good vs. who was a crappy principal regardless of race. I must also add that in my entire teaching career I never given much thought about race among my colleagues. A good principal is a good principal no matter what race he or she is.
Pogue
Primary Obama!
I noticed that…
Can someone please tell me why no one can make comments on the Schoolbook website?
bee
I was wondering that myself. It seems that one can comment via facebook only- which I have no intention of doing.
Tim
You can make comments only on selected articles, and as bee noted, you can only comment via Facebook. It’s a weird departure from normal Times practice, which is to allow anonymous (or rather, unverified user names) comments on almost every piece.
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