Monthly Archives: December 2009

A good short read in the Washington Post today about the increasing federal interest in promoting performance pay for teachers. The author makes a distinction between performance pay and merit pay which makes some sense, but not entirely. Another blogger writes about the way he sees that distinction here.  Admittedly, I need to do more [...]

I just found out from Dottie Engler at the Boston Plan for Excellence, that the Fund for Teachers is back for Boston Public School teachers! A great way to get a summer grant to do something creative for personal teacher-rejuvenation and for developing ideas for your classes. Here’s more info about it and the website [...]

It’s a good feeling at the end of a conference day when you can just sit and be still in a quiet space…even if it happens to be in one of those ubiquitous kind-of-comfortable-but-not-really sitting chairs that bunch themselves together in hotel hallways on the conference and meeting room floors—kind of like mismatched, huddling creatures. [...]

Thanks, G., for sending this our way! A good, short news clip that gives some historical context to the current Race to the Top fund through the U.S. Department of Education. Take a look.  Get involved in what your state is submitting!  Chances are that there has been some kind of outreach to stakeholders and [...]