Duncan Calls For Radical Change and Another View Of Parent Trigger
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told a town hall in Las Vegas, Nev. that it's going to take "radical change" to improve public schools, and the nation's economic health depends on that happening (Click here for the link to the Las Vegas Sun's story).
Had the Silver State appeared on the list of 23 potential grantees for the Ed Department's "I3" innovation grants, I might be more encouraged about Nevada's prospects for embracing the kind of community partnerships that Duncan is advocating.
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The Washington Post has an interesting video interview with author Eric Ries, about how the nation is failing its students by not "rewarding risk-taking." You can watch it here.
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I wrote earlier this week about lessons from California's new rule requiring public schools to convert to a charter school or undergo significant transformation if enough parents sign a petition. Over on his blog, Alexander Russo spotlighted about a Northern California's school with its own experience with the "parent trigger." Russo is right: "August to June" is worth a look.
Have a question, comment or concern for the Educated Reporter? Email me at erichmond@ewa.org I'm also on Twitter @EWAEmily.
Had the Silver State appeared on the list of 23 potential grantees for the Ed Department's "I3" innovation grants, I might be more encouraged about Nevada's prospects for embracing the kind of community partnerships that Duncan is advocating.
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The Washington Post has an interesting video interview with author Eric Ries, about how the nation is failing its students by not "rewarding risk-taking." You can watch it here.
**
I wrote earlier this week about lessons from California's new rule requiring public schools to convert to a charter school or undergo significant transformation if enough parents sign a petition. Over on his blog, Alexander Russo spotlighted about a Northern California's school with its own experience with the "parent trigger." Russo is right: "August to June" is worth a look.
Have a question, comment or concern for the Educated Reporter? Email me at erichmond@ewa.org I'm also on Twitter @EWAEmily.
Labels: Alexander Russo, Arne Duncan, August to June, California parent trigger, choice, federal_reform, Investment in Innovation Fund, k12_finance, Las Vegas Sun
posted by Emily Richmond at
3:00 AM
1 Comments:
Duncan's already has his radical change: Race to the Top. I should think the vital question right now is reporting the story. Haven't you heard what is going on in New York? The "Principal's Revolt"? Have you any clue how widespread the anger is? Stop coddling the elites like Duncan et al and expend a little old fashioned shoe letter reporting the story where it is happening: in schools. What is happening in New York is no tempest in a teacup. It an outpouring of almost universal disgust toward this most monumentally stupid school reform brought to us by---of all people---the Democratic Party. Oh yes, I am a teacher. And, oh yeah, I wouldn't vote for Obama again if he paid me a year's salary, my job has become that bad.
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