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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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