As I explained more than once, I’m a firm believer that the way we pay teachers has got to change. Our “give ‘em the same paycheck no matter who they are or where they are working” approach is simply ridiculous. But please understand that my
So I’ve finally stolen a few minutes from my incredibly hectic life to poke through a new report titled Making Teacher Evaluation Work for Students that was crafted by the 32 accomplished practitioners in the Denver New Millennium Initiative (DNMI). With the help of the
I want to prepare you for an unfortunate inevitability: One of these days you're going to read the last Radical post. It's not that I don't want to keep writing. I love the intellectual community that we've gotten started here. And it SURE isn't because
I don’t know why I do it, but I’m a sucker for listening to radio and television programs that start conversations about education policy here in North Carolina. I guess I like to believe that by listening to policymakers, I might actually get excited about
Cranky Blogger Warning: Like Chris Lehmann, the last few weeks of teacher and school bashing by the likes of NBC, Bill Gates and Oprah have left me exhausted and angry. That means the emotion in this post is stronger than usual. Who knows if I’ll
