The full court press for the Big Standardized Test is on, with all manner of spokespersons and PR initiatives trying to convince Americans t...

Education reform has spawned a variety of new money-making opportunities, including a burgeoning field of education consultants. That'...

Here's some edureading for the weekend. Five Cynical Observationa about Teacher Leadership I mean to include Nancy Flanagan's in...

In Pennsylvania, we rate schools with the School Performance Profile (SPP). Now a new research report reveals that the SPP is pretty much ju...

The name Raj Chetty has been coming up a great deal lately, like a bad burrito that resists easy digestion. A great deal has been written ab...

When you want a bunch of legit-sounding baloney about education, call up an economist. I can't think of a single card-carrying economist...

You've been kind enough to drop me an email about your position on testing in the might-be-new ESEA, so I wanted to share my reaction wi...

This item comes via my old friend and Chicago nursing queen Deb Burdsall. Its original source is Andy Brunning at chemistry site Compound I...

Conversations over the holiday break have reminded me that to the regular civilians, the removal of bad teachers remains a real policy issue...

Regular readers here know that I'm a huge fan of Mercedes Schneider, whose attention to detail, relentless research skills, and sharply ...

Given the rhetoric in the world of education, there are some things that I would expect to see, and yet don't. For example: The Chetty...

The USED is ready to forge the next link in the Great Chain of Effectiveness. We're already familiar with the two links. The very firs...

I kind of love the guys at Brookings. They are such a reliable source of earnest amateur writing about education. They're slick, polishe...

Jim Popham presents a great little infomercial for the teacher evaluation biz, including such fine products as Five Hour Pedagogy and a V...

The holidays are over, life is back to normal(ish), and your classroom has hit that post-holiday stride. It is time to finally make your voi...