DFER News Roundup
DFER Seen & Heard:
- Policy Director Charles Barone commented on the education policy stakes of the 2014 midterms to EdWeek’s Alyson Klein.
- “Leadership, Political Winds Buffett Education Advocacy Groups,” EdWeek’s Andrew Ujifusa reported.
- “If students aren’t learning, it is within the teacher’s and the school’s power… to adapt teaching methods and attitudes to better meet students’ needs,” DFER-MI’s Harrison Blackmond wrote in the Detroit News.
Advocacy, Policy Briefs & Such:
- Statement | DFER-NY Releases Statement on Astorino’s Education Plan.
DFER Blog:
- “While entirely predictable, the fact that politics continues to be the overriding force in the rollout of Mayor de Blasio’s pre-K initiative is nonetheless disheartening,” Barone writes.
- Communications Intern Bianca Dorsey shares her experience with City Year Cleveland through her “Hero’s Journey.”
In Related News:
- “California Governor Appeals Court Ruling Overturning Protections for Teachers,” writes the New York Times’ Adam Nagourney.
- In Politico, Caitlin Emma focuses on the complexity of rating teachers.
- Rebecca Klein of the Huffington Post points out that “not a single state has equally diverse populations of teachers and students.”
- NPR Education’s Anya Kamentez writes about the strengths and challenges of the first all-charter-school district in New Orleans.
- Check out EducationPost, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to building support for student-focused improvements in public education.
- Conor P. Williams shares “What Charter Schools Are Getting Right and Why They Top Our High School Ratings” (Daily Beast).
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- Infographic | Bringing Diversity to The Classroom.
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