Teaching Practice
By Pete Fishman in Uncategorized onThis 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 onFrom 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 onThe 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 onEarlier this month, when the Tennessee state board of education released data showing that teachers trained by Teach For…
More Heat than Light
For evidence that the terrain has shifted for education entrepreneurs, one need look no further than last week’s much-publicized…