Education news nuggets

The Education Gadfly / April 6, 2011

?The prevailing sentiment that anyone can do the job of a teacher, or that anyone can direct teachers how to do their job, is ill-considered: Many have tried, and many have failed.'' *

-Christine Emmons, Associate research scientist and scholar at The Yale University School of Medicine's Child Study Center

"No Teacher Is an Island," Education Week

1.03 million

The amount of students at the K-12 level who took an online course in 2007-8

"More Pupils Are Learning Online, Fueling Debate on Quality," The New York Times

* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute

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