Posts tagged with "unions"
Coming Soon: A Film About Teachers |
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by edReformer Staff October 21, 2010 And some of them are really good, according to Kelly Amis, director of a new film, TEACHED, coming out soon. Here is a letter she wrote to supporters and the curious to raise funds and raise awareness of the plight of teachers in some districts. More » |
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A Fight Without a Face? |
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by Education Equality Project October 18, 2010 Michael Lomax on Michelle Rhee; reactions to the “manifesto”; supporting teachers; Google Ed apps have ten million users; and what would happen if education reform didn’t have the battles and the faces that create those battles? More inside More » |
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Reason TV: The Ed Reform Mainstream |
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by edReformer Staff October 12, 2010 Watch the first thirty seconds of this video. This is worth revisiting again, after Education Nation media storm passes over. More » |
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Charter Schools Roundup |
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by Daily News September 2, 2010 Charter school woes in Alabama, encouragement for Obama’s education reform, aid money directly to charters More » |
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DC Teachers Fired |
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by Daily News July 26, 2010 Major coverage from Washington, D.C., after Chancellor (and EEP board member) Michelle Rhee dismissed 241 teachers based on credentials or low performance on Friday. TheWashington Post and the New York Times report on the fault lines and the union response to the firings, Rick Hess from EdWeek reports on the bigger picture. More » |
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Histrionic Debate |
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by edReformer Staff July 19, 2010 Looking at the illogical logic and histrionics in New Jersey this month as the political battles relate to the end of union teaching as we know it. More » |
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Michelle Rhee’s No Collaboration Message |
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by edReformer Staff July 6, 2010 Michelle Rhee’s famous “no collaboration” statement outside the doors of the convention center meeting room at New Schools Venture Fund Summit in Washington, DC. More » |
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Bootstrapped |
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by edReformer Staff June 22, 2010 Laurie Racine, CEO of Startl, tells us how VCs in education investing are probably not going to be able to hit homeruns. It will probably be more like a series of singles and doubles, batting in RBIs over the long term. More » |
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TEACHED: We Finally have the Video Clip |
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by edReformer Staff May 18, 2010 Kelly Amis, Director of TEACHED, has changed the code on her Vimeo site, and now we can watch the eight minute trailer on edReformer. More » |
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Where Will the Money Flow Once the Dam is Broken? |
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by edReformer Staff May 18, 2010 If President Barack Obama sticks to his guns, says one politician, “education will never be the same again.” Here’s hoping that edupreneurs and reformists have a strong stomach and more fight in them. More » |
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A Marketing Guy’s Perspective on the Myths Against Ed Reform |
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by edReformer Staff May 10, 2010 The lack of scrutiny of the public education problem has led to the belief in myths. Here are a few, including the One Big One. More » |
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Now Playing: The Public Education Reformation |
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by edReformer Staff May 9, 2010 We’ve experienced a rush of new education reform films to the market this year and last year. Will it translate into real reforms for Americans, especially lower-income students? More » |
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Interview: Kelly Amis, Director, TEACHED |
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by edReformer Staff May 9, 2010 Kelly Amis discusses what she learned about public education from being a founding corps member of Teach for America and the Director of TEACHED, a new movie about the impact of unions on the quality of education. More » |
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Teached — Film Clip |
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by edReformer Staff April 27, 2010 Kelly Amis, a former corps member of Teach for America, is making a film about the systemic gaps in the American education infrastructure. More » |
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Something for Teachers to Consider: Act Machiavellian, Earn More |
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by edReformer Staff April 26, 2010 Indeed, individuals who care about personal relationships and social benefits more than their own pay represent quite a bargain for the economy as a whole. They provide valuable services at a lower cost than those who work for money alone. More » |
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NYC Chancellor Struggling to Upend Seniority Clause with City Teachers |
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by edReformer Staff April 26, 2010 Joel Klein tries to fight for rookie teachers, who are most at risk for being laid off but who have the most potential for making lasting influences on students. His barrier: the teacher’s union, which fights to preserve the positions of older teachers. The real problem: we don’t have the right data to show who should stay or who should go. More » |
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