CTU delegates give go-ahead for April 1 walkout Tribune: The Chicago Teachers Union’s governing body approved a plan Wednesday to shut down the city’s schools with a one-day walkout April 1. Union leaders called the...
Read MoreSo the news is out: Chalkbeat is piloting an expansion to Detroit. Erin Einhorn is going to be leading the effort. Einhorn’s bio says she’s “Chalkbeat Detroit and Indiana editor, mom of 2, former deputy...
Read MoreChiefs For Change Brings on Six District Superintendents District Dossier: The organization, which advocates for the use of the Common Core State Standards and school choice, once consisted solely of state school chiefs. Chicago...
Read MoreUsed to be, news outlets seemed to tends towards credulity when it came to education coverage — so much so that I used to put out a regular Hype Index making fun of unproven approaches and models that were being touted in...
Read MoreTeach for America to cut national staff by 15 percent Washington Post: The two shake-ups will leave Teach for America with approximately 930 national staff members in fiscal year 2017, 410 fewer than it employed in fiscal year...
Read MoreIt’s no secret that men are quoted much more than women in news stories, given the widely-noted male willingness to blather about topics both in and out of their expertise. One obvious approach to rectifying this sorry...
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