By Devin Boyle, DFER’s Director of Communications
DFER Seen & Heard:
- Don’t forget to nominate an Education Warrior for DFER’s third annual Brian Bennett Education Warrior Awards
- DFER announces our Ed Reformer of the Month for August – Andrei Cherny. Read more about this political wunderkind here.
- Judge rules that LAUSD must include student test scores in teacher evaluations by December (Southern California Public Radio)
- DFER’s Gloria Romero endorses CA paycheck protection ballot initiative (Wall Street Journal)
From DFER’s Blog:
- DFER’s Lisa Macfarlane discusses, “Revising the Status Quo” in WA (DFER Blog)
- In NY, the UFT opposes merit pay for high-performing STEM teachers – Inconceivable (DFER Blog)
- “Charter School Issue Exemplifies Romney’s Position Between a Political Rock and a Policy Hard Place,” pens DFER’s Barone (DFER Blog)
- Guest Post: “A Victory for Chicago Students,” by Angela Rudolph of Education Reform Now (DFER Blog)
- DFER’s Charlie Barone lists the “Top 10 Things That May or May Not Be True About Diane Ravitch” (DFER Blog)
In Related News:
- TNTP releases informative new study on retention of the best teachers, “The Irreplaceables: Understanding the Real Retention Crisis in America’s Urban Schools” (TNTP)
- More than 3.1 million jobs in the US remain unfilled because applicants lack the necessary skills and knowledge to get the job (US Chamber)
- Special shout out to DFER’s Gloria Romero for her hard work on Parent Trigger | For the first time in history – Parent Trigger is victorious at CA elementary school (LA Weekly)
- US students still lag behind foreign peers according to a recent Harvard study (Huffington Post)
Fun with Infographics & More:
- DFER Postcard Alert: Romney’s education policies are like his dancing: awkward, inconsistent, and something no one wants to see (DFER’s Facebook Page)
- Our first post in DFER’s new series Infographic Tuesdays by Policy Analyst, Omar Lopez, on the “6 Reasons Why Obama Has Proven Himself Reformer-in-Chief” (See here)
- And #2: DFER’s “A Slackers Guide to Obama’s African American Education Initiative” (See here)
Call to Action:
- Contribute to DFER
- Support our Reformer of the Month
- Sign our Statement of Principles
And, as always – Have a great weekend!