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Senator Calling for Federal Charter School Review
By Andrew Pillow U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio is demanding federal reviews of local charter schools. Ohio has a few charter schools that have received grant money. Brown and other politicians have voiced concerns about the lack of federal oversight of charter schools. The goal of their ask is to see if Ohio schools…
Weekend Links (6/18/2016)
Aggregated By Andrew Pillow 14 arrested at teacher protest in downtown Raleigh (via: News Observer) College courses without textbooks? These schools are giving it a shot. (via: Washington Post) Teaching the teachers (via: Economist)
Charter School Advocates Go After Virtual Schools
By Andrew Pillow Virtual Schools have been controversial since their inception. Their poor performance hasn’t helped. However, now virtual schools are even under attack from their cousins, charter schools. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now and the National Association of Charter School Authorizers gave a set of recommendations…
Glenda Ritz Gives a Video Message to Families Over the Summer
By Andrew Pillow Superintendent of Public Instruction, Glenda Ritz released a video for families over the summer. The video echos many of the statements made in the Imagine 2020 document that was released last week. The video includes:: Directions for access to food over the summer for students. An overview of the summer reading program and…
Microsoft to Give Schools a Free Trial of Minecraft: Education Edition
By Andrew Pillow Given its popularity, you have probably either played Minecraft, or at minimum seen it’s pixelated characters. You might not have known what it was, but get familiar, because Minecraft is coming to schools. Minecraft has been used in education before, but Microsoft is taking the concept from idea, to full-fledged business model. Minecraft Education Edition…
Indiana should consider moving the state test to the end of the school year
During a June session for my Teach Plus Policy Fellowship we had the honor and privilege to have as our speaker Rep. Robert Behning, Chairman of the Indiana House Education Committee. Rep. Behning provided us with the latest news around state tests, accountability, and teacher effectiveness. He also reminded us how important our voices are as teachers in shaping policy and legislation. But the one thing he said that really stuck with me was a recommendation to move ISTEP to the end of the year.
Hearings for Underperforming Schools Underway
By Andrew Pillow As per state law, local under-performing schools are participating in hearings to determine the next steps. Technically decisions are not formally made at the hearings but the options are: 1. Release the school from “turnaround status”. 2. Continue working with the school as is. 3. Give the school a new operator 4. Give the school back…
Stop legislation that will end free lunch for 7 Indy schools
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Weekend Links (6/8/2016)
Aggregated By Andrew Pillow 2 Valedictorians in Texas Declare Undocumented Status, and Outrage Ensues (via: New York Times) Detroit school rescue plan passes, but Democrats and teachers hate it (via: CNN) Being Culturally Responsive in Classrooms (via: WNYC)