Here are my new coordinates:
New URL: here
New RSS feed: here
Master URL: here (if you ever can't find the site)
Contact: thisweekineducation@gmail.com
Thanks, and so long.
Best Of The Week
Funders "Heart" TFA
A Pack Of Dogs, A Fire Hydrant, And A Powerful Lobby
Urban Education
Unionized Charter Schools Headed East
A "National" Test For Urban Districts
How Cash Incentives Really Work
Setbacks For NYC "Incentives" Guru Roland Fryer
PLUS: New York City Department Of Education Responds
Bush Administration
No Crony Left Behind
Spellings Press Event Tomorrow May Be Faked
Like Imus, Edison Schools Is Coming Back
Campaign 2008
Obama Gets Tough On NCLB
Tensions Within The Universal Preschool Crowd
Teachers & Teaching
Follow The Bouncing Ball
Wisconsin NCLB Protest Teacher Gets Reprimand Letter
Research, Politics, and -- Yes -- Personal Experience
School Life
Cupcake Parties Are Killing Our Children
Cool Ways To Prepare For Saturday's SAT Exams
Creepy Congressman Wants To Eliminate Digital Divide For All The Wrong Reasons
Media Watch
Dropout Mania
Vivid WritingAbout Urban Education
Dirty Tricks Against NYC Education Critic
Brittanic Blogs
Within the next few hours (or days, as the case may be), this blog is going to move to a new home on another site. I'm going to keep posting here for a little while longer until things are ready over there but just wanted to let you know. An opportunity presented itself and I decided to make the move.
It's been great working with the EdWeek.org folks, most especially the site's ME, Jeanne McCann, who has been incredibly helpful and patient. (We bloggers are a temperamental lot, it turns out.) And of course Ginny Edwards, the head honcho. EdWeek built me a great-looking page, with lots of functions and features, and promo'd me on the front page (and in print) nearly as often as my mother bugged them to. The number of readers has gone up tremendously. The overall experience has been excellent.
Where the blog is moving is something that I hope to be able to announce as soon as tomorrow morning. I'd tell you now, but it would be confusing since nothing's there yet. Starting tomorrow, you can check here to see if there's anything new, or check This Week In Education. See you soon!
Best Of The Week
On The HotSeat: Scott Reeder On Teacher Misconduct
“Please go KILL these people....Please, please, please.”
Teachers & Teaching
An Oversupply Of Under-Qualified Teachers
Teachers Behaving Badly, States Ignoring The Problem
Teacher Suspended For Graphic Book Recommendation
From Happy Welcome To Jail Mug Shot
NCLB News
Staph Outbreak Plus More: It's All NCLB's Fault
School Life
Cleveland High School Student Shooter Video Released
Lice Costs US Schools $500 Million, Says Lice Removal Company
School Of Shock
Foundation Follies
All Of Bush's Worst Ideas Came From AEI
DonorsChoose On The Colbert Report
Media Watch
Bringing Race (and Poverty) Back Into Education Reporting
Reporter Arrested On The Sidewalk Outside Miami Central High
Alternative College Rankings Make Colbert Report
Blogosphere
"Honk If You Have An EdWeek Blog"
Local Union Leader Seeks To Sue Education Blogger
Research
Time Writer Calls Education Research A "Circus"
It was great to be back on the Hill yesterday moderating a New Teacher Center event in Dirksen. Some of the faces have changed, but not much else (the abundance of Diet Coke, the abundance of cheap suits, the hidden bathrooms, etc.). Miller Title II guru Alice Cain and I reminisced about being newbies on the Senate side all those years ago when she was with Simon and I was with Feinstein. (Then she doused me with coffee -- a welcome back blessing, I like to think.)
I also met some newer folks I knew by name or email -- Steve Robinson from Sen. Obama's office, Seth Gerson from Reed, Adam Ezring from Miller, Missy Rohrbach from Kennedy. Lots of folks came up and said hi (Crystal Rosario from CCCR, for example), or to talk about the blog or about back in the day when Rena Subotnik and I were trying to hold the ed schools' feet to the fire (and failing).
On the substantive side, I learned that not only are Reed, Kennedy, and Miller (among others) interested in stemming the dropout rate of new teachers that causes so much trouble, but that there is already some Title I language in the Miller draft that would make teacher retention efforts required for schools that don't make AYP. There's been so much attention on revamping AYP and the measures used to determine it, but much less (by me, at least) on the new set of required activities for schools that fail. And until now at least it seems that retention has been much less of a front-burner TQ issue than recruitment or evaluation, despite an estimated $7.3 billion in turnover costs.
Last week, pretty much the only blog that linked to me was the union critic Mike Antonucci (aka EIA). This week so far, it's the pro-union Dr. Homselisce (Teach For America). Pathetic, I know. But readers keep finding me even without the links, and I'll take a link whether it agrees with me or not. This one, perhaps not surprisingly given TFA as a subject, does.
Featured Posts
The Genius Behind Teach For America
On The HotSeat: Former Committee Insider Charles Barone
Why Teach Chinese?
NCLB News
House Republicans Blame Miller For Slow NCLB Progress
Lots Of Coverage, Not Much Action
Kennedy Playing Tough On NCLB
Urban Ed
Evil Geniuses At Top Universities Want Your Schools
Hijinks & Disappointments For Prizewinning School District
Campaign 2008
A Teacher In The Cabinet: Another Richardson Gimmick
Presidential Candidates Don't Use Education Scholars
Bush Administration
Free National Journal Interview With Spellings
Bush's No-Name Cabinet
Teachers & Teaching
The School Is Flat
The Lives Of Former Students
School Life
Sleep Deprivation Slows Learning By A Year
Is Multi-Tasking Holding Our Kids Back?
Are They Water-Boarding Teenagers Yet?
Media Watch
Journalists Should Be Focused On Fact-Finding, Not Access
I'm taking the day off for Columbus Day, but feel free to comment or email or send links if you'd like. See you tomorrow!
Campaign 2008
Educating Elected Officials Through Their Pocketbooks
Richardson Slammed For Misrepresenting US Achievement
The Great Presidential Mashup "Cheat Sheet"
Bush Administration
Spellings Playing For A Stalemate?
Neil Bush's School Scam: The "Other" USDE Scandal
Kanye West Song Might Make Good Anthem For Ed In '08
NCLB News
How The NEA Ended Up So Opposed To Miller/McKeon
All Children Shall Be Proficient By, Well, Whenever
"No Able-Bodied Student Left Behind"
Teachers & Teaching
Short Boys Underestimated By Teachers
Teachers With Richer Kids Earn More Under Performance Pay
Mahatma Kozol
Foundation Follies
George Miller Needs New Friends...Like The Ed Sector
Real [Education] World, DC
Lang In For Schaffer At PEN
On The Hill
Having Done So Well On The War, Dems Turn To Domestic Issues
Why Did Miller Include Merit Pay In His Draft?
Are Unions Over-Reacting, Or Does Miller Proposal Over-Reach?
Media Watch
EdWeek.org Nominated For Online Journalism Award
The Hoff Loves All His Sources Equally
Secretary Right & The Hoff
Best Of The Blogs
Wait, Didn't I Read About That Somewhere Else?
Blogger Calls Out House Education Chair
Don't Name Your Blogs Like I Have
School Life
Colbert Can't Shake Klein On Paying Kids For Grades
Principal Bans Reporter, Then Apologizes
Lazy Teacher Meant To Show Star Wars, Showed Porn Instead
Campaign 2008
Democrats For Education Reform -- An "Emily's List" For Education?
NCLB 2.0
Editorial Responses Criticize Miller Draft
New NCLB Bill "Isn't Wonkery," Says Chairman Miller; Criticisms Are "Hokum"
Handy-Dandy NCLB Reauthorization Resources
Spellings Letter; Teacher Quality Draft Later Today
Bush Administration
Can Spellings Stay Focused?
Spellings Urged Early Rumsfeld Firing, Book Says
Teachers & Teaching
Walkthroughs Finished? Learning Objectives Posted?
NCLB, Like Shanker, Stronger On Standards Than Teacher Quality
What Next For Teacher Quality?
Media Watch
"This American Life" Does Foster Care
Magazines Lag Behind Papers On Web, Despite Increased Use Of Blogs
Individual School Profiles & Discussions Coming To Newspaper Websites
Rounding Up The Education Titles
Urban Education
Contrasting Views Of New Orleans
Restructuring Works In Chicago...But Teachers Pay The Price
School Life
First Days Of School For Angelina Jolie's Little Boy
Death Rates, Uniforms, Paying Kids, & Donated Hair
Objectifying Teachers
NCLB News
Conservative Scholar Opposes Multiple Measures
Bush Administration
NCLB "Coming Through," Says Departing Rove
Karl Rove Still Spinning The News On His Way Out The Door
Urban Education
Next Stop For Unionized Charter Schools Might Be Chicago
Media Watch
Reading Recovery Coverage: A Scandal Going On All Around Me
School Life
Exploding Playground Wood Chips ... And More
NCLB News
More Folks Like NCLB Than Like Their Local Schools, Says New Poll
Putting Freshmen In The Spotlight, Putting NCLB Under
Is Miller Breaking Up With Pro-NCLB Groups?
What Testing Guru Bill Sanders Really Meant About Multiple Measures
Teachers And Teaching
Report Praises Chicago Transfer Policy, Slams Evaluation
"Tough Liberal" --Friday Reading For Steve Barr & Others
Unions & Teachers & School Improvement
Urban Education
The War Within The Charter Movement: Quality Vs. Choice
Schoolchildren Narrowly Escape Bridge Collapse
Parents, Pedophiles, & Places For Their Kids
Media Watch
Job Opening In Dallas
Inane "I Like Turtles" Video Goes National
Scribbled Notes On A Cocktail Napkin: DFER Happy Hour
Posts Of The Week
How Steve Barr Is Not Like The Other Charter Show Ponies
Teaching Parents To Play With Their Kids: What If We're Wrong?
USDE
EdSec Wants More "Pocket Protector" Skills
The Two Margaret Spellings
On The Hill
How Congressional Earmarks Work
Senate Higher Ed Bill Endangers Quick NCLB Reauthorization
Our Hottie Is So Much Hotter Than Their Hotties
NCLB News
EXCLUSIVE: Miller Reauthorization Memo To Freshmen
Turning Up The Heat On "Multiple Measures"
Who's For, Against Letting Students Transfer To Better Schools
Campaign 2008
Obama Advocates Sex Ed For Kindergarteners, Does He?
What Anderson Cooper Should Have Asked The Candidates
Video NCLB Excerpts From Last Night's Debate
Urban Education
Weighted Student Funding (Among Other Things) Collapses In NYC
Taking Back Mayoral Control: It Ain't Going To Happen
Public Prep: A Public School With A Private Feel
Media Watch
Post Education Writer Doesn't Last Long
Comparing Coverage Of The "Curriculum Narrowing" Report
Former Washington Post Reporter Looks Into Testing Effects
Little Action, Lots Of Blogging
Business Of Education
Reader Rabbit Takes Over Publishing
School Life
StateTris: earn Where The States Are, Waste Time
Let's Simpsonize The Education World
Site News
What Your Free Daily Email Would Look Like -- If You Signed Up For One
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Education Department
Spellings & Rove, Sitting In A Tree? As If.
Running Out Of July
NCLB News
Dem Groups Concerned About Miller NCLB Bill
Civil Rights & Business Groups Join Together To Fight For NCLB
Opting Out Of Highly Qualified Teachers
NCLB Implementation Roundup
Convenient Arguments: Clarence Page
Teachers & Teaching
University Of Chicago Calls Out Rest Of Higher Education Community
Louisiana Gives Teacher Mercedes Benz
Campaign 2008
Dems & Vouchers
More Kids Killed In Chicago Than Soldiers In Iraq
School Life
Dutch Kids Help Build Viking Ship Made Of Ice Cream Sticks
Bootylicious Teachers & Their Flip-Flops
Urban Ed
Charters Get Their Own Search Engine...iPhone Next.
Accidents: Yet Another Reason To Get Rid Of Summer Break
Cheating In The News
Media Watch
Merrow Team Wins Third Emmy Nomination
NY Times (and Balto Sun) Break Harry Potter Embargo
