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January 16, 2015
Here’s my new Newsworks column: On Monday U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan outlined his wish-list for the next iteration of No Child Left Behind. […]
January 15, 2015
The politics of public education often take center stage in debates about the best way forward for American schools. Advocates for reform do daily battle […]
January 14, 2015
Yesterday Gov. Chris Christie gave his State of the State speech, which received a lukewarm response, at least in New Jersey. See analyses from NJ […]
January 13, 2015
My favorite line of the speech was this one: “It is striking that black and Latino nine-year-olds are doing math today at about the level […]
January 12, 2015
It seems that the country’s gone wacky, at least within the politics of public education. Media roils with attacks on everything from standardized testing, to […]
January 11, 2015
The State Commission for Public Schools had harsh words for Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson, while the State Board of Education was uniformly pleased at the […]