Posted under Foreign Countries & Innovation and Reform & Just For Fun & PPC
It’s Friday. Time to lighten up with a 90-second summary of the new education reform movie Waiting for Superman produced by Taiwanese animators, a video you simply have to see to believe (H/T Jay Greene):
Michelle Rhee as a martial arts heroine with a “Reform” bandanna and a broom? My little heart is going pitter-patter….
Posted under Foreign Countries & PPC & School Choice & innovation schools
From time to time, it’s worthwhile to look outside the borders of our United States to glean some valuable lessons about school reform. Rick Hess — one of the more thoughtful education policy gurus out there — recently returned from a two-week trip to Georgia and shared his thoughts.
So some of you are thinking… Georgia? A different country? Maybe like 150 years ago or something.
Wrong Georgia. We’re talking halfway around the world, not just across the continent. Anyway, Hess notes the heavy emphasis on reform in the former Soviet republic in what he calls the “land of the libertarians”: Continue Reading »
Dr. Jay Greene: "Eddie has the best blog of any 5-year-old that I know. In fact, Ed has one of the best education blogs, period."
Andy Rotherham, Eduwonk: "Lil' Ed, the bloggiest 5-year-old around."
Michael Roberts, Westword: "...[Eddie] talks and thinks suspiciously like the Institute's Jon Caldara -- meaning he's a conservative with a sense of humor."
Julie Poppen, Ed News Parent editor: "Such clever writing for age 5."
Jonathan Oglesby, Edspresso: "I'm not ashamed to admit this 5 year old teaches me something every time he posts"
Elizabeth Crum: "[W]ritten by a clever 5-year old named Ed....Aspiring education reformers should go take a look."
Matthew, Online Education: "Ed is Watching – the sharpest 5 year old in the entire education debate"
Global Scholar: Eddie is "an astute commentator for being only five years old"