In 2012 Virginia will have both a Republican governor and a Republican-controlled legislature – and 4 charter schools. Given the strictures of current charter school law in Virginia – and given the defeat of Virginia’s last major charter school bill (HB2314) – it’s likely that Virginia will see new charter school legislation passed before McDonnell [...]
I offer this post as an absurdist paean to merit pay. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about what I propose. I would, however, love to hear from all of you who are still bearing with the blog.
Let’s call this proposal “Operation: Negative Zebra.”
Operation: Negative Zebra
Phase 1 – Merit pay by commission
In this [...]
In learning about schools like the Phoenix Charter Academy and Northwest Passage High School, it occurs to me that the burden for dropout prevention and recovery really shouldn’t rest solely on American high schools. If 9th grade is a pivotal year, then surely middle school is a pivotal time.
However, middle school serves high school more [...]
I have been thinking a lot about democratic education since starting work on the collaborative blog CoöpCatalyst. If you haven’t yet considered blogging or blogging with an audience of peers dedicated to improving teaching and learning for kids, I urge you to start.
The following represents my best thinking so far about growing democratic education within [...]
Chad teaches humanities at a charter school and blogs on reforming classroom practice and democratic education.
