Author archive for Pete Fishman

Teaching Practice
By Pete Fishman in Uncategorized on November 22, 2011
This weekend, the Times ran a story on legal training that echoed recent reports on the shortcomings of teacher…
DVR Unplugged
By Pete Fishman in Uncategorized on February 2, 2011
From New York City to Nevada, the heat is on teacher tenure. Predictably, the Times quotes NEA President Dennis…
Summit 2011: What’s New? What’s Next?
By Pete Fishman in Summit on January 27, 2011
The first NewSchools Summit took place in Silicon Valley in October 1999. That gathering brought together 200 education entrepreneurs…
Learning to Teach … Better
By Pete Fishman in Uncategorized on December 20, 2010
Earlier this month, when the Tennessee state board of education released data showing that teachers trained by Teach For…
More Heat than Light
By Pete Fishman in Policy and Politics, Summit on April 26, 2010
For evidence that the terrain has shifted for education entrepreneurs, one need look no further than last week’s much-publicized…