MITUL Blog

2011 Had Bright Spots Amid the Insanity of Union Bashing
Fri, 01/06/2012 - 09:44

Richard KahlenbergRichard KahlenbergRichard Kahlenberg looks back at 2011 with a year-end message...

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What's the Alternative to Test Driven Teacher Evaluation?
Mon, 12/05/2011 - 13:16

Stan KarpStan KarpIn fact, we have successful models for what great, collaborative teacher evaluation looks like, but the feds and the philanthropists have asiduously avoided looking at them....

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Education Reform, Montgomery County Public Schools, Stan Karp, Teacher Evaluation
Marc Tucker Clears The Air With an Insightful Piece On Teacher Unions
Sun, 11/13/2011 - 19:38

Marc TuckerMarc TuckerMarc Tucker's overview of what's wrong with the current fashion of all-out war on teacher unions in the just released Winter...

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Education Reform, Marc Tucker, teacher unions
Steve Brill's Book, "Class Warfare," Attacks Unions and Engenders a Very Useful Debate
Sun, 08/21/2011 - 10:38

Steven BrillSteven Brill

Diane Ravitch offers...

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Class Warfare, School Reform, Steven Brill
Photos from the SOS Rally and March July 30, 2011
Sat, 07/30/2011 - 19:06
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IEA Engages in Collaborative Endgame Behind Statewide Changes in Teacher Evaluation, Tenure and Teacher Quality Procedures
Fri, 07/15/2011 - 14:23

Audrey SoglinAudrey SoglinAt an event in Washington Thursday at the Center for American Progress, IEA Executive Director, Audrey...

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Diane Ravitch -- The Anti-Michelle Rhee
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 08:19

Diane RavitchDiane RavitchWashington DC's City Paper published an article this week detailing how Diane Ravitch...

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Labor -Management Case Studies presented at the US Department of Education Conference in Denver, February, 2011
Thu, 06/09/2011 - 20:15

DS Dept.of EducationDS Dept.of EducationThis past February The US Department of Education brought together 150 local/district teams from 150 school districts to talk about what makes labor managment collaboration...

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Could the Past Decade of Test-Based Accountability be a Fraud?
Wed, 06/01/2011 - 14:28

TestingTestingAccording to an article in Ed Week today, a new report by the National Accademy of Sciences looked at the real...

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NEA Seeking Reasonable Policy Shift on Use of Test Scores in Teacher Evaluation
Thu, 05/12/2011 - 14:26

Dennis Van RoekelDennis Van RoekelNEA's Board of Directors voted May 7th to bring a proposed policy shift on teacher evaluation to it's summer Representative Assembly. Delegates will be asked to consider responsible use...

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