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Mike Antonucci, Director, Education Intelligence Agency
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http://www.eiaonline.com
Biography provided by participant
Education Week called Mike Antonucci "the nation's leading observer -- and critic -- of the two national teachers' unions and their affiliates," while the Washington Post said he's a "first-class writer and reporter." Antonucci's work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, The American Enterprise, and many other periodicals, and he has been favorably cited in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Daily News, and a host of other prominent daily newspapers. He has performed hundreds of radio interviews and appeared on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor.
Recent Responses
October 19, 2009 04:00 PM
How should teacher effectiveness be assessed? I don't know and I don't care, because I'm never asked a similar question when it comes to police, firefighters, architects, accountants, the military, engineers, nurses or even college professors. We judge those folks on whether they perform the tasks assigned and get the results we desire. If that doesn't happen, we either take our business elsewhere (private sector) or demand changes from elected officials (public sector). I am unqualified to design a test for architects, but if her bridges collapse when they should have stood, I want a different architect. I am unqualified to…
Read moreAugust 10, 2009 11:13 AM
It would serve us right if the students organized for better pay, shorter hours, pensions after graduation and overtime for doing homework.…
Read moreAugust 3, 2009 11:05 AM
Fairness has nothing to do with it. He who pays the piper calls the tune. States are competing for a finite amount of federal funds disbursed for specific purposes. If they want the money, they should meet the requirements. It bears repeating that the guidelines do not require states to link student data to teachers and principals, only that they do not prohibit the practice.…
Read moreJuly 20, 2009 10:18 AM
We already have independent auditors. They're called the press. If they're not getting the job done, let's find out why before we start creating another bureaucracy.…
Read moreJune 29, 2009 12:36 PM
Budgets cuts are always referred to as "deep" or "drastic," but budget increases are never referred to as "bloated" or "excessive." Much of today's fiscal heartburn was caused by the overindulgences of the last 10 years. To use just one example: In 1998-99, there were 46,274,699 K-12 students enrolled in the U.S. public education system, and 2,818,313 classroom teachers. In 2008-09, there were 49,194,898 K-12 students - an increase of 6.3% - but 3,219,317 classroom teachers - an increase of 14.2%. (All figures are from the National Education Association's annual Rankings & Estimates reports.) Reasonable people can debate whether this increased…
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