This post originally ran on the Huffington Post on May 1st, 2013. I’m republishing it given the relevance it holds for Memphis’ and Tennessee’s teacher pay debate. I run a classroom store with my 9th graders using tickets, which they…
We’re starting a new three part series this month called “Education Leadership Stories.” This series will offer in depth profiles on people who started in the classroom but who have gone on to impact public education policy either while remaining as teachers…
By Ezra Howard Summary: Co-location’s Impact on the Kids Left Behind Nearly everyone agrees that struggling schools need support, but the disagreement comes with the best method to do so. In drastic cases, drastic measures are taken. The Obama administration…
The ASD selected 9 new schools to be taken over this past week in Memphis. From the commercial appeal, those schools include: Wooddale Middle, Raleigh-Egypt High and South Side Middle, which have already been assigned to charter schools. Nine others — Florida-Kansas…
This TCAP visualizer from chalkbeat is awesome. Everyone with data questions needs to check it out.
I’m a proponent of school choice in general and I think that the best way to provide that choice is through the expansion of quality charters. While Tennessee Charter schools have been among the nations most effective, we do continue…
Who’s to blame when funding gets cut locally for education? I’ll give you a hint: more often than not it isn’t because of local governments.
When Governor Haslam announced this week that he plans to eliminate his proposed 2 percent salary increase for Tennessee Teachers, he didn’t just leave educators out in the cold. He’s now left counties and school districts across the state with…
Despite the ringing phrases of Dr. King and his hope for a beloved community, turmoil still exists in Memphis, predominantly in the educational system. We all know that education is full of buzz words. Here in Shelby County, we’ve added…
When we compare schools across the country, we typically do so using elementary and middle school scores such as NAEP. But High School is where the magic happens. High school is the place where it all comes together, where students…
