Ms. Katie's Ramblings

Here's my speech from the Board of Ed meeting in Chicago on 2-22-12. I ad-libbed a bit during the actual meeting, but you get the idea...

For the past few years, teacher accountability has been all the rage in education reform circles. This past week, New York State introduced...

This past week I found myself waking at 3am in order to attend the monthly Chicago Board of Education Meeting where the board voted to close...

Recently, a new controversy about charter schools has erupted here in Chicago. Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request, parent and ...

This was a letter on edweek giving advice about changing careers for educators. I thought it was going to be some practical advice about w...

After a discussion with a charter school teacher, I was surprised at her reaction to the anger us public school teachers feel over the educa...

Some argue that we should work together with charter schools and organizations like Teach for America. Recently, a little twitter debate em...