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May 5, 2011
Alfie Kohn has really pushed the buttons of ed reformers in his Education Week commentary, “How Education Reform Traps Poor Children.” He bemoans the educational […]
May 5, 2011
If selling [education] reform is like selling a car, you can’t get people to buy it by showing them a list of features. They have […]
May 4, 2011
Last week nearly 80% of school district budgets passed voters’ scrutiny, the highest percentage in years. Contrast that with last year’s passage rate of 41% […]
May 4, 2011
Final votes for candidates for the Newark School Board Advisory Committee have been tallied. Of the three available seats, two were won by candidates backed […]
May 4, 2011
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has selected Cami Anderson, a top New York City schools official, to lead the state-run Newark Public School system, according […]
May 3, 2011
A new report out from Education Next asks whether “classroom observations—when performed by trained professionals external to the school, using an extensive set of standards—could […]