Whos of Who-cester

 ...as reported by State House News Service  shared by WWLP:  The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Tuesday that ...

We have three finalists for Commissioner of education Jeffrey C. Riley, superintendent/receiver of the Lawrence Public Schools Angélica I...

You may see something about how the system of Uncommon Schools received this year's Broad charter school prize. And when you do, you m...

The recent forced disclosure of the terms of a grant received by New Jersey from the Broad Foundation had some interesting terms included. ...

Matt Malone, last in the news when the Brockton School Committee voted 5-2 to end his contract despite there being one year left in it , wi...

Commissioner Chester was the after-dinner speaker tonight at the Mass Association of School Committees/School Superintendents Conference. He...

Late yesterday, the news broke that by "mutual agreement," Jean-Claude Brizard has resigned as Chief Executive Officer*of the Chi...

Hat tip to Ken Libby and Stan Karp for their rundown of the latest Broad Foundation changes , coming from a board meeting memo (obtained un...

Excellent article in The Awl  regarding the billionaire philanthropists, their perspective: that business is good at measuring and achievi...

...what happens if he gets his hands on the Los Angeles Times ? h/t Diane Ravitch

Remember Charlotte, NC? How they added 52 tests ? How they then used some of their Race to the Top money to try to sell the idea to parents...

It seems that Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) has decided that it isn't that little matter of 52 new tests; you just need some convincing! ...

The Philadelphia school district is now having to come up with the full $905, 000 cost of former superintendent Arlene Ackerman's buyout...

your superintendent stops speaking to your chief financial officer . Things are continuing to be lively in Philadelphia, with the now-fired...

The Commission took her dare . But don't worry, because she's nearly a million dollars richer . As always, The Notebook is wor...

Springfield Superintendent Alan Ingram ( Broad class of 2007 ) cannot be compelled to return the $30,000 granted him by the Springfield Pub...

EdWeek reports that it appears that the superintendent of Philadelphia's public schools, Arlene Ackerman, may be on her way out. With P...

that leads to destruction..." (Matthew 7:13, KJV) It looks like both Los Angeles and Chicago are joining the Broad superintendents...

Remember how Providence laid off  fired all of their teachers (under the leadership of Tom Brady, Broad class of 2004 ) as their solutio...

Hayes, a vocal critic of Sheffield, is a founding member of the Watchdogs for Ethics in Education, or WEE. She and other members of WEE hav...