Indiana's education leader makes up claims about teacher quality

In this post at a blog called School Matters, John Hinnefeld thoroughly debunks Tony Bennett's claim that teachers have twenty times more impact on student achievement than any other factor.

Hinnefeld and the other writer of the blog contacted one of the researchers associated with the study Bennett has cited, and they learned that Bennett basically made up that claim.

Read the whole piece here.

Anthony Cody sums up where we are

In this post at Education Week, Anthony Cody gives a concise summary of the main arguments of the pro-teacher side of the debate we are in.

He closes with this line:

This is a fight for the future of education in America, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.