Posts tagged "Malcolm Gladwell"
nightcap
December 22, 2008
Remainders: Concerns about working at Bronx Science
- JD2718 adds Bronx Science to his list of schools to which teachers should not apply.
- He also thinks that this blog gives excessive weight to prominent voices.
- Tim Daly of The New Teacher Project and his brother, a football coach, riff off Gladwell’s latest.
- Leonie Haimson posts full videos from Friday’s forum on mayoral control.
- Arne Duncan wrote his Harvard senior thesis about a South Side Chicago neighborhood.
- Some parents pushed for District 3 middle schools to become more diverse as MS 44 closes.
- At last week’s PEP meeting, Patrick Sullivan and others levied complaints about special education.
- Ken Hirsh sees a dilemma for charter school leaders here who oppose card-check but support Obama.
- NPR reports that museums are pitching field trips as test-prep.
- A teacher-blogger wants to start a conversation about why elementary school teachers have tenure.
nightcap
December 8, 2008
Remainders: Darling-Hammond says wait ’til next week, and more
- Malcolm Gladwell considers teacher quality in this week’s New Yorker.
- Hendrik Hertzberg endorses class size reduction.
- Diane Ravitch asks how to expand accountability beyond test scores.
- My hometown school system gets all-time high scores on Advanced Placement tests.
- Eduwonkette reminds that even the most impressive gap-closer schools are still behind.
- Linda Darling-Hammond tells Alyson Klein to wait until next week.
- Pondiscio and Petrilli school Jonathan Alter for being too casual about how hard it is to improve schools.
- Mike Antonucci finds an internal NEA document showing the union pulled many members to Obama.
- Ed in the Apple says the teachers union is at a crossroads: should it pick an all-out brawl or should it change to match the changing world?
Feb. 10: You’re invited!
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