The Horace Mann League of the USA
 
Greetings! 
Welcome to the January 28, 2013, edition of the Horace Mann League Blog. 

HML Annual Meeting, Friday, February 22, 2013, 11:45 to 1:30 pm, J.W. Marriott Hotel, Los Angels, CA.  Click here for the HML Annual Meeting and Luncheon Meeting Registration Form

Mark Edwards, President, The Horace Mann League of the U.S.A.
Jack McKay, Executive Director, The Horace Mann League of the U.S.A.

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This week's postings:
The 91st Horace Mann League Annual Meeting is set for Friday, February 22, 2013, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Los Angles, from 11:45 am to 1:30 pm.  Featured speakers are Senator Mark Warner, from Virginia, and Dr. Tom Payzant, former Boston Superintendent and Assistant Secretary of Education in the US Dept. of Education.

  

Teachers' test boycott draws growing support 

Frustrated with the amount of testing their students must undergo, a group of Seattle teachers is boycotting the district's use of a computer adaptive test as a formative assessment tool-and their stand has drawn nationwide attention.

  

As state budgets slowly recover from several years of economic contraction and stagnation, significant court battles continue to play a related yet distinct role in K-12 policy, even in states where the highest courts have already delivered rulings on the subject.  

 

Revisiting charter school 'successes'  by Wendy Lecker

Every legislative session, charter school lobbyists proclaim how successful privately run charter schools are compared to "failing" public schools, and that charters should get a share of public money disproportionate to the 1 percent of public school children they serve.

 

Why schools used to be better  by Valarie Srauss

 

It's one of the ironies of education reform that despite wave after wave, schools are seen by many as in worse shape as before all the changes.   

  

Some of the "Better" videos

 

 

 

 
About Us
The Horace Mann League of the USA is an honorary society that promotes the ideals of Horace Mann by advocating for public education as the cornerstone of our democracy.

 

Officers:
President: Mark Edwards, Supt., Mooresville Graded Schools, NC
President-elect: Joe Hairston, (ret.) Supt., Baltimore County Public Schools, MD
Vice President: Gary Marx, President, Center for Public Outreach, VA
Past President: Julie Underwood, Dean, Sch. of Ed. U. of WI, Madison, WI
2nd Past Pres: George Garcia, (ret.) Supt., Boulder Valley Schools, CO
3rd Past Pres: Steve Rasmussen, Supt., Issaquah School District, WA

 

Directors:
Martha Bruckner, Supt., Council Bluffs Community Schools, IA
Evelyn Blose-Holman, (ret.) Superintendent, Bay Shore Schools, NY
Carol Choye, Instructor, Bank Street College, NY
Brent Clark, Exec. Dir., Illinois Assoc. of School Admin. IL
Linda Darling Hammond, Professor of Education, Stanford U. CA
Nancy DeFord, Supt. (Ret.) Park City Schools, UT
Charles Fowler, Exec. Dir., Suburban School Superintendents, NH
James Harvey, Exec. Dir., Superintendents Roundtable, WA
William Hite, Supt., Philadelphia City Public Schools, PA
Dwight Jones, Supt., Clark County Public Schools, NV
Eric King, Supt., (Ret.) Muncie Public Schools, IN
Barry Lynn, Exec. Dir., Americans United, Washington, DC
Stan Olson, Supt. (Ret.) Boise Public Schools, ID
Douglas Otto, Assoc.Prof.,Ed. Ad., University of North Texas, TX

 

Executive Director:
Jack McKay, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 
560 Rainier Lane, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 (360) 821 9877
 
To become a member of the HML, click here to download an application.