Alexander Russo

The GOP debate on Fox included some Common Core discussion. Teachers are demanding Chris Christie apologize for his critical comments against teachers’ unions. Connecticut is going to require all juniors take the SAT instead of the state Common Core test. And more: Common Core is Premier Education Issue in GOP Presidential Debate PK12: Jeb Bush has taken […]

So The Grade has been up and running for about three months now, causing some small amount of anguish and/or eye-rolling among education reporters, editors, and observers — along with (I hope) some self-reflection as well. Given the glut of education coverage noted in EdWeek among other places — too much, or not quite enough, depending on […]

The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive There are LOTS of people who are going to miss Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, including educators who appreciated his poking fun at school reform efforts and folks like me who appreciated his regular attention to education issues of […]

Learning Matters, the folks behind the recent PBS NewsHour teacher attrition piece I had so many questions about, got back to me recently about why they used a higher new teacher attrition rate than I’d seen elsewhere, along with a memo from Richard Ingersoll that goes into more detail. As you may recall from my […]

Today’s news includes a preview of tonight’s GOP debate, a look at the controversy surrounding Gov. Christie’s anti-teachers union comments (and their response), plus a look at new charters in Seattle: Preview the GOP Presidential Debate: What to Expect on Education PK12: Will Bush and Kasich continue to support for the common core? How will the three […]

Screen grab of [properly] corrected Washington Post story. Corrections based on facts and spellings are the easiest kinds of corrections to get from mainstream news outlets. And why not? They’re such small and irrefutable things to change. But not all news outlets post their corrections prominently, at the top of a story, or post corrections right […]

From part-time media watcher (and unabashed charter advocate) Neerav Kingsland: Study on NOLA shows unheard of gains for minority students. National media mentions: 0.Donald Trump does X.National media mentions: ∞ True enough, there hasn’t been much mainstream news coverage of the eye-popping results outside this Danielle Dreilinger piece in the Times-Picayune. Why not? Three possible reasons: One […]

Today’s education news includes a new report telling us what we already knew (that teacher support programs aren’t generally effective), plus followup on that kid handcuffing story from Alabama and an update on the new, new AP US History standards: Study: Billions of dollars in annual teacher training is largely a waste Washington Post: A new study […]

Mark Walsh’s new package of stories about the growth of online education outlets is worth a read for any education journalist or coverage-watcher. While there’s nothing particularly new or different from what you may already know about the current education media landscape, the EdWeek package includes a lot of useful information in one place and […]

Today’s news includes more New Orleans coverage, plus some warnings about the ESEA conference, a disturbing report about a school handcuffing an 8 year old, and a fun piece about parents’ views of the long summer break: Post-Katrina New Orleans schools revolution worked, Tulane study says NOLA.com: A typical elementary- or middle-school student’s scores rose by 8 […]