• No. RT @John_Bailey: RT @ABC: Did a Rhode Island School Superintendent Step Out of Line By Firing All Her Teachers?: #
  • RT @MBAENews: Check out the Commonwealth blog about MBAE's report on teacher policies in Boston http://is.gd/99490 #edreform #TeacherQuality #
  • RT @dennert: I mean,I don't know what her deal is,but my belief is… public leaders need to have intellectual curiosity,Jeb Bush on Palin. #
  • RT @LJCreate: NACSA, others, call for more oversight of charter schools. http://tinyurl.com/yfjg69b (NY Times) #NoChild #ESEA #edpolicy #
  • AJC's Downey: Ed school prof claims his colleagues think subject mastery is "an onerous task to be circumvented" #TQ #
  • He isn't too far from the truth when it comes to some of the better-known ed schools. Another reason why #TeacherQuality [or #TQ is low. #
  • #TQ New hashmark for teacher quality. #
  • Join @everybodywins and vote for the #Read2Kids campaign at Change.org. Help it advance to the next round. http://tinyurl.change.org/KlbcF #
  • EdSector's Manwaring looks at #LAUnified #edreform. Notes conversion of trad. schools into charters used 0.2% of time. #
  • RiShawn Biddle looks at NJ #publicpension reforms/#budget cutting by Christie/Democrats. Notes opposition of #NEA #NJEA #
  • RT @ralexanderlaw: Garden State Weeds: By RiShawn Biddle #publicpensions #edreform #AmSpec #NEA #ChrisChristie #
  • RT @jamalkin: I'll be live-tweeting U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan's seminar at Harvard on Friday from @hgse_live. Come say hi! #
  • @vanderark notes his home state's lack of thoughtfulness on #Educaton #edreform #WAState #edpolicy #
  • In Ala., Huntsville newspaper editorializes for charters, decries #NEA affiliate's success in quashing bill. #edreform #
  • At Dropout Nation: Watch: Rod Paige on Black Leaders and The Achievement Gap: https://dropoutnation.net/b36 #edreform #edgap #NAACP #NUL #
  • Gawker proves as "useful" in ed commentary as it is in media coverage. I'll stick to Peter Kafka (HT @michaelbirnbaum) #
  • Off-ed: The term "stick to your knitting" exists because losing focus = trouble. Google, RIM could use those lessons #
  • School districs and #edpolicy types could learn this lesson too. Schools can't teach three Rs and focus on addressing everything else too #
  • School districts and #edpolicy types could learn this lesson too. Schools can't teach three Rs and focus on addressing everything else too #
  • If they could, schools would be graduating more than 70 percent of their students. #
  • RT @tvanderark: Tutors are creating the future of learning but feel like endangered species #edreform #edequality #
  • RT @arotherham: Don't know/care if Gov. McDonnell is fake conservative, but"deal" in VA is a fake charter law. http://tinyurl.com/ygyarnv #
  • Matthew Ladner takes another shot at Arizona's #NEA state affiliate. Compares union to Pinocchio #edpolicy #edfunding #
  • RT @tvanderark: 3 better than 30; RT @eahouck: rumors that folks are hearing rumors about #RT3 finalists – just 3 states? #rttt #edpolicy #
  • It would be nice if this was so. Few of the current #RttT apps would qualify for success if I made the call. I say 15 will be selected. #
  • RT @Eduflack: @tvanderark Three Phase I finalists sounds about right to me! When do we start the Vegas line on which 3? #RttT #
  • @Eduflack Calif. (major moves on #edreform w/parent trigger and teacher evals; plus big D state w/edcom chair Miller/ vulnerable Sen. incum) in reply to Eduflack #
  • @Eduflack I'd also bet on La. and Delaware among the possible finalists as well. in reply to Eduflack #
  • Off-ed: A rare instance of @dangillmor being right. Why news outlets shouldn't tie fortunes to Apple's iPad #
  • RT @annlduffy: @dropoutnation I'll take LA, CO & DE in 1st round #RttT #
  • @pierre But filibusters and all of the elements of the legislative process that happens in the Senate have existed since the Senate… in reply to pierre #
  • @pierre began operations back in 1789 and has been used regularly since 1837. In any case, the point remains the same: The Founding Fathers in reply to pierre #
  • @pierre wanted decisionmaking to happen at, to paraphrase Brown v. Bd of Ed, all deliberate speed or as slow as possible. They left much in reply to pierre #
  • @pierre of the constitution deliberately vagu (including how the Senate conducts its business) that way, thanks in part to the lessons from in reply to pierre #
  • @pierre the post-Articles of the Confederation period. And the kinds of delay tactics adopted in the Senate exist way before the in reply to pierre #
  • @pierre U.S. Constitution (filibustering dates back to Cato the Younger in Rome) and much of those rules exist in order to protect the in reply to pierre #
  • @pierre minority viewpoints from the tyranny of the majority (either Democratic, Republican, Whig or Federalist in leaning). If the choice in reply to pierre #
  • @pierre is to move fast into bad decision-making or move slow, this being government (and thus able to use its powers to injure minorities in reply to pierre #
  • @pierre of all kinds, as African Americans can so well attest), I'll take slow (and ultimately, compromise) every day of the week. in reply to pierre #
  • Back to Ed: RT @Eduflack: NV lifts teacher firewalls, seems it wants #RttT after all — http://tinyurl.com/yjbsrtq #edreform #JimGibbons #
  • @mathewi That low? From my experience, half don't read blogs (most hate them) and few use Twitter (until they are out of a job). in reply to mathewi #
  • RT @MarcSean86: It's time to reassess the teacher layoff process #TQ #edreform #edpolicy #
  • Often it is in practice. But not always. RT @avalonsensei: Unions protecting jobs… helping kids NOT mutually exclusive #lausd #edreform #
  • RT @Eduflack: Upping the school voucher ante in FL — http://tinyurl.com/yl4oxj8 #edrefoorm #edpolicy #SchoolChoice #
  • A thought: Although I appreciate that charter schools get less money than traditional districts, one has to be a little troubled that #
  • charter school supporters are demanding the same levels of funding as traditional districts. Why? Because one of the very principles behind #
  • charter schools is that they are supposed to operate more efficiently than their traditional district counterparts. This means in exchange #
  • for fewer regulations, charter schools should be exploiting the opportunities for greater efficiencies, either by partnering together with #
  • other charters, parochials and private schools, or by simply ditching the traditional degree- and seniority-based pay scales that have #
  • made traditional districts unable to reward teachers based on performance. Charter school advocates should be working with the Bill Eggers #
  • and other efficiency experts on ways to foster alternatives to the abysmal back-office and personnel management systems used by traditional #
  • districts and embrace a different operational paradigm. Any thoughts? #
  • @justinanderson1 This is true. No one can say that charter schools don't face heavy capital costs. Fundraising from private sources is also in reply to justinanderson1 #
  • @justinanderson1 no panacea, contrary to what charter school opponents think. The facilities cost issue — especially in retrofittng… in reply to justinanderson1 #
  • @justinanderson1 buildings into school use. I am interested in learning more about the new capital challenges charters may be facing… in reply to justinanderson1 #
  • @justinanderson1 simply because there may be new needs not anticipated by the first generation of charter school founders. At the same in reply to justinanderson1 #
  • @justinanderson1 time, my fear is that charter schools will adapt the worst aspects of traditional districts. in reply to justinanderson1 #

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