Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig

  • Clearly there is an infographic craze going around… They are kind of like a book with pictures. Why can’t Cloaking Inequity jump on board? So, here is a cool one about early childhood education from EducationNews.org. As discussed in an earlier post Pre-K, a Gold Standard: “You certainly don’t get what you don’t pay for” There…

    CI’s First Infographic: Perks of Preschool
  • The debate about the efficacy of Teach For America continued in the Washington Post this past weekend. Yes, it goes on and on. This time we are discussing a recently released study (apparently not peer-reviewed at this point) that says TFA teachers’ student performed better in math but not ELA. There are many non-peer reviewed…

    New Teach For America study (and meme) debated in WaPo
  • Dr. Sonya Horsford, faculty at University of Nevada Las Vegas, and I will lead a peer-reviewed special issue to be published by Urban Education to examine community-based reforms and their implications for educational policy and accountability. Over the past several decades, there have been many, many community-based approaches in education that have shown promise. Recently,…

    Announcement: Peer-reviewed Urban Education special issue on community-based reforms
  • Reframing Reform: Achieving Equity and Excellence in Public Education Register Now! WHEN April 15, 2013 8:00 – 5:00 Add to Calendar WHERE Hilton Chicago 720 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago IL 60605 (312) 922- 4400 Attendees must make own hotel reservations. The Finland Phenomenon Great to Excellent: Launching the Next Stage in Ontario’s Education System A…

    JVH @ Chicago Education Summit 4/15/13
  • Diane Ravitch just posted this. A source on one of the House staffs just sent me his assessment anonymously. He also weighs in on the relationship between vouchers and current Texas school finance case: Vouchers just basically died in the House…. The amendment basically prohibits public dollars for public education going to private schools.  So…

    TX House Source: Vouchers go down (again)

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