Five Best Blogs: No, You Don't Have Anything Interesting To Say About The Strike

How teacher strikes hurt student achievementow.ly/dBH9v  Washington Post

Rahm Emanuel Doesn't Give 'Two Hoots' About Romney's Take On Chicago Teachers Strikeow.ly/dBGZw Huffington Post

Chicago teacher salaries: Nominal numbers are real. ow.ly/dBDuf Ezra Klein

California's 'parent trigger' in practice - latimes.comow.ly/dByoL LA Times editorial against trigger blockers

How Ideas Can Stall - Knight Foundation ow.ly/dBFSP via @lucybernholz

Teacher Grading Off to Uneven Start - WSJ.comow.ly/dBydS @lisafleisher 

Comments

[Sarah]

I never thought I’d say this, but Rahm Emanuel has officially made me laugh. You can’t really fault him for so flippantly disregarding Romney.

[Sarah]

Also, from the WSJ article: “Mr. King, who is fond of baseball analogies, said it's as if one team were looking for a home-run hitter, while another needed a player with a solid batting average.” Here’s a baseball analogy: winning teams don’t pick players based on any statistic but one; results compared to cost. If measuring “players” via “standardized test scores” (effectively, one baseball game) isn’t yielding consistent results, clearly the process needs to be tossed out to produce a better overall “team”.

[kickstartercity]

Very good informashon Here’s a baseball analogy: winning teams don’t pick players based on any statistic but one; results compared to cost. If measuring “players” via “standardized test scores” (effectively, one baseball game) isn’t yielding consistent results, clearly the process needs to be tossed out to produce a better overall “team,

[petpost]

Thanks for who is fond of baseball analogies, said it's as if one team were looking for a home-run hitter, while another needed a player with a solid batting average.” Here’s a baseball analogy: winning teams don’t pick players based on any statistic but one; results compared to cost. If measuring “players” via “standardized test scores”the pet post