National ed blog highlights: June 15

Here is our weekly roundup of interesting posts from education blogs around the country.

• Duncan’s imperial overreach. Rick Hess
• More on overreach. Hess again
• Public employee unions vs. Dem governors. Intercepts
• First year of “Teacherpocalypse” – less that 1% reduction in force. Intercepts
• On treating students, educators like rats in a maze. Ravitch, Bridging Differences
• A different take on the study Ravitch lauds. Joanne Jacobs
• Whatever happened to intrinsic motivation? Failing Schools
• The upside and downside of urban school reform. Larry Cuban
• Choice is not a magic integration bullet. Learning First Alliance

National ed blog highlights: June 8

Our latest, idiosyncratic scan of education blogs yielded several interesting posts. Enjoy.

• A glut of new reports raise doubts about Obama’s teacher agenda. Dana Goldstein
• Lessons for a business community ready to step up. Rick Hess Straight Up
• The business of teacher evaluation. Stephen Sawchuk, Teacher Beat
• Diane Ravitch responds to Jonathan Alter’s broadside. Bridging Differences
• Responding to Ravitch: The ends of education reform. Mike Petrelli, Flypaper

National ed blog highlights: June 2

Here is an unscientific sampling of education blog highlights from the past several days:

• Charter schools and low-SES kids: Damned if they do, damned if they don’t? Matthew Yglesias
• Seven obvious things in education that are ignored. Washington Post Answer Sheet blog
• Eight reformer state education chiefs endorse NCTQ review of teacher prep programs. Teacher Beat blog
• Diane Ravitch is right to pop myth balloons about miracle schools (including Bruce Randolph) Flypaper
• Data-driven policymaking? In your dreams. Larry Cuban’s blog
• Big flaws in NYT piece on Gates Foundation influence. Rick Hess Straight Up

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