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 […]

There is a history of tensions between college educated elite and the labor movement. Michael Fiorillo provides a good history lesson tying the Teach For America mentality towards unions today in the context of the past. For those who read it at NYC Educator but tend to forgot history, I'm cross posting to make sure you are not condemned to repeat it.Mi […]

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 following was written by Diane Ravitch on the Bridging Differences blog she shares with Deborah Meier. Dr. Ravitch has recently been in the public eye because of the success of her new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System. The current administration and US DOE have come out in favor of multiple measures to evaluate teachers, not j […]