Tag: teacher tenure
Florida Gov. Rick Scott: ‘We don’t want a war on teachers; we want a war on failure’
Florida Gov. Rick Scott delivered the State of the State Address to the Legislature on the opening day of its session Tuesday, stressing jobs and education. Here are his remarks on education, as prepared for delivery: Our work to cut spending and live within our means over the last two years has... READ MORETruth and hope and the best education speech ever
This recent speech is 22 minutes long, but Michael Johnston’s stories about Tasha...
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Carl Hiaasen on Amendment 8. He doesn’t like it, says it’s...
READ MOREMichelle Rhee at the RNC: Education reform “has to be a bipartisan movement”
Michelle Rhee calls herself a “very, very, lefty liberal.” So...
READ MOREChristie: “They believe in teacher’s unions. We believe in teachers.”
Apart from Jeb Bush’s comments at a panel discussion yesterday,...
READ MOREDiane Ravitch goes off the rails
After more than a decade working in education reform I...
READ MORECalifornia goes to court for education reform
At every crossroads toward the future, it’s been said, tradition...
READ MORETeachers can fix a broken profession
Don’t like what an education reformer has to say? Just...
READ MOREA constructive look inside the classroom, but a word of caution
The Florida House today passed a landmark teacher pay and tenure...
READ MOREThe consequences of treating all teachers alike
Andrew Rotherham, in his weekly Time.com column, explores the move...
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