Blogs: Fishy Results, Bracey Report, Viers Mill Revisited, Etc.

Think Tanks Peddle Fishy Survey Results LFA
Newspapers repeated it without reservation. Bloggers used it to fuel their outrage.

“Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education" Larry F.
The last “Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education” is now available online. Education researcher Gerald Bracey passed away this fall.

Scholarships for Teachers in Hard-to-Staff Schools Sean Cavanagh
The Kellogg Foundation is backing an effort to give math-and-science teachers master's degrees if they agree to work in disadvantaged schools. It is also demanding more of universities.

Evaluations have little role in promoting better teaching Uncle Jay
Those unfortunate people in the District might worry about the quality of their teachers and wait anxiously for the results of the school system's controversial new evaluation of classroom techniques and test score improvement. But those of us in the Washington area suburbs don't have to worry...

The Difference a School Can Make LFA
Come to Viers Mill and you'll see a school that has made itself a national exemplar without firing its staff or importing outside talent.

Innovative Ideas, Meet Hackneyed Battle Lines The New Republic
Generally speaking, this week's conference and the news surrounding it proved that the conflicts over new ideas remain the same old beefs. 

Is Listening an Endangered Skill? Atlantic Wire
Why would anyone pay thousands of dollars to hear someone speak, and then not listen?

How an American soldier is made Denver Post
The Denver Post followed high school graduate Ian Fischer as he enlisted in the Army, went through training, left for Iraq.