The provision at issue proposes to call novice teachers still learning how to teach in alternative preparation programs on nights and weekends "highly qualified" under No Child Left Behind.
Time Magazine recently announced that Mark Zuckerberg was selected as their "Person of the Year." I have my own end of the year suggestion for Time Magazine -- how about teachers?
If it is indeed true that education is the civil rights issue of our generation, Ravitch is one of our most esteemed leaders in the struggle for the rights of all children, no matter where they attend school.
One of the greatest lessons to be learned from the Program for International Student Assessment report released this month is that equity matters.
It's another one of those first-meetings I have a lot recently. I'm sitting in a I-don't-know-what-but-don't-care-as-long-as-they-serve-beer-place, across from someone who "works in education".
Students look to us -- parents, teachers, other adults in their lives -- for structure. They want to be told what to do, much as they may complain about it. But does that justify authoritarian schools?
I don't support the present effort by the Gates Foundation that's spending millions of dollars using student scores on standardized tests as the measure used to evaluate teachers.
To successfully reform our nation's public school system, early childhood education must be an integral part of the equation.
The buzz words in education often focus on achievement or access gaps, but there is another gap that needs to be addressed, the financial gap.
Azim Premji, chairman of the international tech giant Wipro Ltd., just pledged US $2 billion for the improvement of Indian education to accelerate the pace of education reform. But what will that reform look like, and will it work?
There is a fundamental tension between assessment for accountability and assessment for learning.
The way in which parents and teachers interact with children during the early school years can make the difference between success and failure for the most vulnerable children.
From putting a man on the moon to the creation of life-saving medications, STEM is everywhere. STEM is also used in places that some may not realize, including at Facebook.
A 2004 study on school performance couldn't find a single documented case where troubled schools were turned around without the intervention of a powerful leader.
As long as the power imbalances and participatory inequality continue, then the voices of those communities that are the actual foci of these reform efforts are effectively silenced.
Now is as good a time as any to think about whether the high school "match" system created by Schools Chancellor Joel Klein should survive.
While education reform may be a pressing issue, I am fearful that one of the most pivotal parts of the education system -- preschool -- is glossed over and almost forgotten.
There is no doubt that success in school and in life starts with literacy. That's why I strongly believe we must raise awareness about the importance of engaging young readers in all types of literature and in all forms of reading.
I am 25 years old now and I am an Aerospace design engineer, or as some may amusingly call me, a "Rocket Scientist." I can't imagine anything else I would rather be doing.