Public trusts teachers, but not their unions
Americans trust teachers, but not their unions, concludes the annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll. More than 70 percent of respondents have confidence in public school teachers; 69 percent give local...
View ArticleThe school reform deniers
Steven Brill, author of Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Schools), takes on “school reform deniers” on Reuters. Those who argue that schools are doing fine — or would be with more...
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Teachers and tenure
Brought to you by: BestCollegesOnline.com Teacher tenure is still needed, argues Walt Gardner in Ed Week.
View ArticleTeachers talk about unions, reform
Teachers support their unions, but they’re open to reform ideas, according to a new Education Sector survey, Trending Toward Reform. Teachers think evaluations are improving. In 2011, 78 percent said...
View ArticleIndependents lean right on education
Just one-third of independents report that President Obama has done an “excellent” or “good” job of handling education issues, reports the new EdNext-PEPG survey. On the role of teachers unions and...
View ArticleWhy ‘Won’t Back Down’ matters
Won’t Back Down is a predictable movie that resemble an after-school special, writes Andrew Rotherham in Time. It’s no Citizen Kane. But a Hollywood movie on the parent trigger matters a great deal....
View ArticleEd policy opponents aren’t evil
Whether you support or oppose education reforms, your policy adversaries aren’t evil, writes Daniel Willingham. Furthermore, you probably don’t know what they’re thinking — especially if you think they...
View ArticleHow strong are teachers’ unions?
Hawaii’s teachers’ union is the strongest in the nation, followed by Oregon, Montana and Pennsylvania, according to Fordham’s analysis. Arizona has the weakest teachers’ unions, followed by Florida and...
View ArticleYoung teachers support evaluation reform
Newer teachers are willing to be evaluated on their students’ academic growth, according to two new surveys, writes Jay Mathews in the Washington Post. In the Teach Plus survey, 71 percent with 10...
View ArticleCalifornia suspends accountability
The shift to Common Core standards has given California’s powerful education unions an opportunity to undo the state’s testing-and-accountability reforms, writes Dan Walters, a Sacramento Bee...
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