Podcast: Colleges must do more with less
A Denver audience got an uncomfortable message about the future of higher education from a national expert.
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Podcast: The “brutal work” of turnarounds
National edu-blogger Alexander Russo discusses his book on one particularly tough school turnaround effort.
Podcast: A new way to scale and sustain reforms?
Sajan George has seen many of the nation’s recent and most high-profile public education reform efforts from an insider’s perspective. George played a leading role in reinventing the New Orleans school system after it was all but wiped out by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He worked alongside Joel Klein, former New York City schools chancellor. [...]
October 16, 2011 | Posted in EdNews Podcasts,News,What Matters & Hot Lunch | 0 comments | Read More »
What latest revenue forecasts mean for education
Revenue forecasts released Tuesday by state economists show this year’s budget picture looks much like last year’s – not very promising for Colorado classrooms. That means, barring unexpected events, 2012-13 will likely be the third straight year of funding cuts for K-12 schools. Education News Colorado Capitol Editor Todd Engdahl talks in detail about the [...]
Hess: Don’t trust ‘I’m for the kids’
People seeking a dose of iconoclastic thinking and blunt talk about education reform might want to seek out Rick Hess. A resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute think tank, Hess has made a career of questioning the most cherished assumptions of everyone associated with public education. It [...]
Looking back at the 2011 legislative session
State lawmakers today wrapped up the 2011 legislative session, which by design was less momentous for education issues than those in recent years.
Budget, finalists cap busy week
Catching up on a busy week for education at the state Capitol and the Colorado Department of Education
State lags on teacher quality policies
How State Board of Education members implement the educator effectiveness law will determine whether Colorado leads in teacher quality, one group says
Duncan contrasts New Orleans, Detroit
The nation’s education secretary hints at intervention in the Motor City and touches on other hot topics in a Q-and-A with reporters
Opinion: Reclaiming progressive education
Denver educator Marc Waxman has all the usual “reformer” credentials – but he’s also got lots of questions
