Marshall High and other turnaround high schools, in Chicago and nationally, face a thorny dilemma. Higher-performing students are being siphoned off through competition, driving down enrollment and raising tough policy questions about the future of these schools.
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In the News: Huberman's views on turnarounds, layoffs and evaluating teachers
By: Cassandra West / September 06, 2010
WBEZ offers unfiltered audio of Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman's speech to the nonprofit City Club. Huberman talks about recent layoff, Illinois failed Race to the Top bid and wanting to overhaul teacher evaluations at CPS and to make those evaluations to parents.
WBEZ offers unfiltered audio of Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman's speech to the nonprofit City Club. Huberman talks about recent layoff, Illinois failed Race to the Top bid and wanting to overhaul teacher evaluations at CPS and to make those evaluations to parents.
Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis and Lois Weiner, a professor of education at New Jersey City University, appear on the TV show "Democracy Now" to discuss their views on President Obama's "business model" for school reforms.
Substance News has an article on the Chicago School Board's decision to renew a contract with the Galapagos Charter School despite the school being listed as below the district average in all tested areas.
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Minnesota, home of the nation's oldest charter school movement, tightens oversight of charter schools. (St. Cloud Times)
The New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt looks at the argument for measuring teacher performance and the use of value-added data.
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