Sunday, May 18, 2008
The Best Of The Week (May 12-16)
Once In A While, A Surprise Ending 9 comments
For a place like Chicago where political deals seem all but inevitable, this seems like a small but interesting result.

Change In How Bilingual Teachers Are Assigned 9 comments
A friend of the site sent in this email from bilingual ed, which seems to be saying that AIOs will assign bilinguals rather than having them hired directly by schools.

Denver Adopting Ren10 -- Sort Of
Folks in Denver are developing a new schools initiative based in part on the Chicago model, according to the Denver papers -- except the Denver plan includes a proposed new school from the teachers union.

Other Blogs Post About Chicago Schools 8 comments
Various blog posts from other sites

It's Not Just About The Kids
You wouldn't know it from how long it's taken me to post something, but I thought there was some really interesting and useful stuff in Rick Kahlenberg's Washington Monthly piece about unions and liberals (Inequality and Solidarity) -- even if I'm not convinced that a union resurgence is on the horizon. 2

Escape The AIO -- Why Not More? 11 comments
What does it take to get away from the AIO structure and into AMPS?

Small Numbers, Repeated Failures
This article from the Wall Street Journal shows that only a small number of schools nationally have repeatedly failed to make AYP under NCLB -- just 1300 in all last year -- but that past and current efforts to turn around schools are often crude and reactive rather than thoughtful or tailored efforts.

AUSL Residents Being Forced To Work Turnarounds? 41 comments
What's it like to be an AUSL resident these days? A little bit like a roller-coaster ride, I'm guessing.

Does "The Coalition" Stand A Chance? 103 comments
As you know, there's a new blog up and running, called the Coalition for a Strong Democratic Union -- an "independent forum" for members of the CTU.

The Ultimate Pragmatist 5 comments
Others will read it differently, but my take is that this weekend's long NYT piece on Barack Obama's political evolution supports a lot of what I was trying to say in my little article about Obama and the LSCs.

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