Guest blogger Roxanna Elden is a National Board Certified Teacher in Miami, and the author of See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers.
Mike Petrilli’s article was probably my favorite article ever about accountability. To be fair, it doesn’t have much competition. Many articles about the subject are so one-sided...
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“It's fair game to disagree with Michelle Rhee on the issues, but to put her picture in a tiara on a website seems too far. This was clearly a personal attack. After this, it's only going to get nastier.’’ *
—Mike Petrilli, Executive Vice President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
RheeFirst,...
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Well, we hosted a terrific event on Wednesday: Is it time to turn the page on federal accountability in education? If you missed it, you can view the video here:
Our panelists debated ESEA reauthorization and what the proper federal role should be in holding schools accountable. Checker Finn moderated our...
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So apparently today was Limerick Day and we were having some fun in the office, sending our own limericks around. Mike wanted to share a few of our laughs with you all.
First, Mike sent around this one:
There once was a man from Ohio.
Whose prose was full of much style.
He said...
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In case you missed it, here is the video of our April 26 event, Are Local School Boards Vital in 21st Century America? It was a great discussion; our excellent panel consisted of: Anne L. Bryant, executive director of the National School Boards Association; Gene I. Maeroff, founding director of...
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As you probably know, we recently released a new study, The State of State U.S. History Standards 2011). Our reviewers, historians Sheldon M. Stern and Jeremy A. Stern, graded states' U.S. history standards (for K-12) and unfortunately, 28 states got Ds or Fs. Here, the authors talk about how they went about...
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Fordham’s president, Chester E. Finn, Jr., has been in front of the camera a lot lately. On Friday he talked to ABC World News for a segment they did about teacher tenure/seniority rules and the AFT’s recent proposal on the topic (as a sidenote, Mike Petrilli was quoted in a...
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Fordham folks have done a number of radio interviews recently to discuss our new study, The State of State U.S. History Standards 2011. I wanted to share just a few examples. Fordham VP Mike Petrilli talked to a DC-area network; Kathleen Porter-Magee shared thoughts with a South Carolina station (Kathleen...
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Did you miss our event -- Are Bad Schools Immortal? -- last week? Want a recap? Check out the Twitter feed below for some play-by-play action.
alexanderrusso: Do they know they're on camera? Looks like Justin still has that mountain mad beard #immortalschools http://ow.ly/3P7LG
educationgadfly: Are Bad Schools Immortal? LIVE online now:...
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