Flypaper: Education reform ideas that stick, from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Posted on November 24, 2009 at 1:56 pm by The Education Gadfly

Today’s Quotable and Notable

Quotable:

“The bottom line is teachers need to be retained based on their achievement, not on how long they’ve been at a job…This is where the United States is going and we’re just with the early leaders.”
- Rep. Rich Crandall, chairman of the Arizona House Education Committee, Title

“Law changes way teachers contract with districts,” Arizona Republic

Notable:

75:
Percentage of Minnesota charter schools that, according to a recent study, had at least one flagged, substantive financial management irregularity on their 2007-8 school year audit.

“Charter school accountability starts here,” Bemidji Pioneer (MN) (registration may be required)