Brooklyn gets a boutique charter via Eva Moskowitz, other schools must share space in co-location agreements with charters. Bad news all around. Charter School Approved in Cobble Hill, Brooklynwww.nytimes.comThe panel that oversees education policy in …
Archives for December 17, 2011
ESEA reauthorization by the House GOP only could consign the project to the twil…
ESEA reauthorization by the House GOP only could consign the project to the twilight zone, given Senate Dems’ commitment to bipartisanship. In the meantime, RTTT conditions imposed under NCLB waivers would be de facto education policy. Neither situatio…
A much-needed effort by 40 groups in education & business to address poverty as…
A much-needed effort by 40 groups in education & business to address poverty as a hurdle to student achievement in rural West Virginia. What happens at home is as important as what happens in school. The needs of the whole child must be addressed. An e…
Must read — Graft/corruption & overcharging when schools outsource food prep to…
Must read — Graft/corruption & overcharging when schools outsource food prep to Sodexo or Aramark, two food processing companies. A dollar badly spent: New facts on processed food in school luncheswww.grist.orgProcessed food is supposed to be cheaper …
High achieving &/or God-fearing kids — worth hitting a child for? Ugly things "…
High achieving &/or God-fearing kids — worth hitting a child for? Ugly things “Wolf Dad” & a Bible-based manual of corporal punishment have in common.“Tiger Moms” Now Usurped by “Wolf Dads”www.k12newsnetwork.comCorporal punishment is the unspo…
"Tiger Moms" Now Usurped by "Wolf Dads"
Corporal punishment is the unspoken dark side of Asian and Asian Pacific American parenting, and if the whirlwind created by Amy Chua’s sardonic Tiger Mom memoir wasn’t enough to roil the interwebs, the much less funny Wolf Dad will.