Ms. Katie's Ramblings

Today in Chicago, two major education events took place.  And the two events could not be more different.  On the north side, a group of ded...

Here's another comment from the debate between Eric Hanushek who argues that firing 5-10% of "ineffective" teachers would dr...

Here is a comment I posted on a blog:  " Lifting Student Achievement by Weeding Out Harmful Teachers " http://www.eduwonk.com/201...

For too long, the conversation about education reform including topics like charter schools, funding, standardized testing, and teacher eval...

OK, here are my ideas to take all the negative “reforms” happening in education and using those structures for good! 1)  Teach for America:...

After engaging in some light debate on a HuffPo piece by Whitney Tilson ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/whitney-tilson/do-schools-matter_b_9...

Over the past few months, I have begun to feel some tension within my family.  Just a little background, I grew up in an upper middle class ...