For Immediate ReleaseWashington, D.C.Department of EducationDetermined to defuse nagging tensions over his performance and his qualifications for the office he holds, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan brought a dead possum back to life on a busy highway about 8 miles southeast of D.C today.  Duncan applied cardiac massage and artificial respiration to the c […]

ED Notes Ad: Don't miss this issue of The Indypendent. See sidebar for pdf link. GEM is ordering a batch to hand out in schools. Contact gemnyc@gmail.com for copies. Charter School Porn.What a lovely description by Leonie Haimson.Teachers who have seen the porn trailer in theaters have been averting their eyes but them emerge hopping mad. These are not […]

Professor Zhao's wise message needs to be given the widest possible audience. Please send it along to your coworkers, friends, and family.Our nation's future is at stake.No Child Left Behind and Global Competitiveness from New Learning Institute on Vimeo. […]

Featuring Candi Peterson, blogger in residenceThe beginning of the end could be near for Washington Teachers' Union 'Hold Over' Union President, George Parker (whose constitutional term ended June 30, 2010). Parker's demise could be as near as mid-September when the American Federation of Teachers Executive Council is scheduled to hold a […]

The LA Times has added a new level to the concept of "teacher bashing." They recently published rankings of LA teachers based on their students' test scores. Its been repeatedly shown that student test scores are not reliable indicators of teachers' performance. Studies have shown that the so-called "Value-Added" methods are uns […]