Archive for January, 2012

Longtime football assistant coach Joe Schott dies

January 4th, 2012 by Ryan Windeyer | Tags: Joe Schott, Schott

Joe Schott, a local fixture as an assistant football and track coach at several schools, passed away on Saturday after a long illness. He was 74. Schott was not a teacher. He served in the Air Force and retired from Western Electric/AT&T. But he was a longtime coach in the Catholic Youth Organization and worked [...]

What We’re Watching: Has the Accountability Movement Run Its Course?

January 3rd, 2012 by Lachlan Feez | Tags: Watching, Watching Accountability

On Thursday, Jan. 5 from 8:30-10:00 am well be watching a live webcast of the Fordham Institutes forum on accountability, starring Eric Hanushek, Charles Barone, Sandy Kress, and Mark Schneider. The event is described as follows: Ten years ago, George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act, the law that has dominated U.S. [...]