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Blog Entries by Justin Snider from 12/2010

Lessons From Finland's Education System

| Posted 12.13.2010 | Huffington Post
Read More: India, Waiting for Superman, Linda Darling-Hammond, Two Million Minutes, Pasi Sahlberg, Obama Administration, Finland, Pisa, China, Oecd, Bob Compton, Finland Education, Huffington Post News

To gain insight into what Finland's doing right, I sat down with Dr. Pasi Sahlberg, Director General of the Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation in Finland's Ministry of Education and Culture.

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New York City Teachers, Don't Bank on Privacy

| Posted 12.17.2010 | Huffington Post
Read More: Cynthia Kerns, Randi Weingarten, Michael Bloomberg, Pasi Sahlberg, Andrew Rotherham, Eduwonk, The New Teacher Project, Teacher Evaluations, Joel Klein, Value-Added, Education, Huffington Post News

A ruling is expected in New York City as early as this week. But regardless, it's safe to say that the current teacher-evaluation system is broken -- and that value-added analysis is here to stay.

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