Annotating the News 11/1/13
I’ve been away, so education periodicals have been stacking up on my desk, and on a balmy Friday night I am multitasking as I watch the USC-Oregon State game (Holy Cow! They won. Fight ON!) K12 Inc. saw its stock price tank from a high of $37.85 to $17.60 after criticism by hedge fund manager […]
D.C. School Cheating Issue Calls Test-Driven Incentives into Question
This post can also be found at EdSource The smoke surrounding allegations of test score cheating in the Washington, D.C public schools burst into flame last week. In a 4,300-word blog post, titled Michelle Rhee’s Reign of Error, the veteran educational journalist John Merrow linked the former schools chancellor with documents that suggest that she […]