Benjamin Pacini (West High School graduate now teaching in Baltimore with Teach for America” continues with some thoughts about education in Maryland and Utah: “Now, I don’t think that TFA is the only reason why Baltimore has had better test … Continue reading»

Here’s another contribution from Benjamin Pacini, a West High School (SLC) graduate who is now teaching in Baltimore for Teach for America. He’s responding to my posting about Utah’s second-to-last ranking in a list of how well states have done … Continue reading»

Charter school critics point out, correctly, that on average, nationwide, charter schools don’t produce especially different educational results than regular public schools . . . and many charter schools fail altogether. I don’t especially mourn the failures. I think more … Continue reading»

To continue my reporting on the Stanford University/Hoover Institution survey of public (and teacher) opinion on education, here’s what the results show about teacher pay. Once again, you’ll see a pretty sharp disparity between public opinion and teacher opinion. “The … Continue reading»

Earlier this summer I linked to a “good news” report from Fordham Institute executive — and Stanford education researcher – Michael Petrilli. Here’s his follow-up, with more good news . . . for some states, but definitely not for Utah. … Continue reading»

Last week I wrote about the changing face of the teaching profession, and especially the rise of alternative certification (my own route into teaching.) Today’s Wall Street Journal comments on this trend, and highlights some ways in which “alternatively” certified … Continue reading»

According to the Stanford University/Hoover Institution Education Next report that I cited yesterday, ” 37 percent of the American public claims to pay either ‘a great deal’ or ‘quite a bit’ of attention to issues involving education, while 54 percent … Continue reading»

For the past five years, the Stanford University/Hoover Institution journal Education Next has surveyed “a nationally representative sample of some 2,600 American citizens” to determine the nation’s views on education, and education reform. This year, for the third time in … Continue reading»

This case hasn’t attracted as much national attention as I’d have expected, but a trial now opening in Colorado may have a major impact on how Colorado, and maybe other states as well, set education policy – and, more specifically, … Continue reading»