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Winning the 'Race'
The 'Race to the Top' should be about making sure good schools and great teachers benefit every student in America, but already issues of choice and teacher quality have been diluted. States shouldn't be allowed to do what is easy or inconsequential in order to win. That would merely be a race to the bank just for trying rather than a race to the top for our kids. (more)
Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Did the education BLOB get to the Adminstration? Sharpton and Gingrich are high-profile, but will they be high-impact? What do the Grateful Dead, Star Wars and a Cincinnati magnet school have in common? Find out in this week's Newswire.
Power to the Parents!
 Making Sense of Schooling Today: Start here for a quick rundown on the buzzwords and breakthroughs in schooling and education reform, and what they really mean for you and your child. Got Parent Power?
The Best Tools for the Job
 Attention Parents, Teachers, Reformers: Use these toolkits to become a stronger advocate for your child's education, to advance school choice in your state, or to start a school of your own, and make schools work better for all children.
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Proposed Education Reforms Spark New Dissent
By Staci Hupp,
Des Moines Register,
November 21,2009
Critics say the federal government's criteria for teacher evaluations are so broad that Iowa could follow the lead of states like Wisconsin. A bill in that state's Legislature would figure test scores into teacher evaluations, but districts would not be allowed to fire teachers who do not measure up. More from CER on Teacher Quality.
Education Legacy: . . . And Charter Schools Are the Way to Start
By Jeanne Allen,
Richmond Times-Dispatch,
November 17,2009
While McDonnell wants to be a "jobs governor," he needs to also be an "education governor," and hit the ground running in a state that has seen too many false starts on school reform.
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