Thoughts on Teach for America

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Thursday October 04, 2007 · 11:22 AM PDT

2007/10/04 · 11:22

Lots of edubloggers have weighed in on the Sunday Times article on Teach for America, and I will throw in my two cents as well. There are at least five constituencies affected by TFA, and we need to think about TFA’s effects on each of them. My conclusion is that we are better off in a world where TFA exists. However, contrary to the sweeping arguments made by TFA and its supporters, TFA is in no way "closing the achievement gap" or changing the face of urban education.

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Wednesday October 03, 2007 · 12:35 PM PDT

2007/10/03 · 12:35

The No Child Left Behind Act has a number of unintended consequences that educators and citizens need to mull over before reauthorizing the law in its current form. What's clear is that educational accountability systems in the past, as well as NCLB, have changed the business of school on a day-to-day basis, often in ways that belie the stated purposes of these policies - i.e., to improve the overall quality of education that students receive, with a focus on increasing opportunities for disadvantaged kids. Part 2 of 3 in a series on NCLB.

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Teacher salaries and postseason baseball

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Tuesday October 02, 2007 · 11:48 AM PDT

2007/10/02 · 11:48

It's postseason and still the beginning of a new school year - a great opportunity to think about teacher salaries and how much Big Papi Ortiz and A-Rod bring in for each year of education they attended. My point: teacher salaries are embarrassingly low given the importance of the job these folks are doing.

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Monday October 01, 2007 · 12:27 PM PDT

2007/10/01 · 12:27

The No Child Left Behind Act is up for reauthorization. While it is an obvious point that all policies have costs and benefits, it is too often ignored in the NCLB reauthorization debate. This week, in a 3-part series, I'll discuss these costs and benefits. Today I ask whether educational accountability systems improve student achievement, and for whom.

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Sunday September 30, 2007 · 7:38 AM PDT

2007/09/30 · 07:38

Ed in '08, Bill Gates' and Eli Broad's effort to influence the 2008 campaign, has chosen Kanye West for their ads. But how pro-education is Kanye?

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