Monthly Archives: January 2014
Guest Post: Here’s to a Progressive/Conservative Movement to Take Back Our Schools
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The Myth of the Hero Superintendent: Don’t Wait for Superman
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
This is a fascinating article from the Texas Observer that explores the myth of the hero superintendent, the popular delusion that one transformational leader can “save” a school district. The idea was shaped…
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Timothy Pratt: The Walmarts of Higher Education?
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Over the past decade or more, we have seen and heard a lot of duplicitous rhetoric about rhetoric: we have heard politicians speak about the importance of education as they cut the budget…
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Well, of course Arne Duncan wouldn’t want Joshua Starr as NY schools chancellor.
Originally posted on Fred Klonsky:
Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr. The Washington Post reported yesterday that Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan tried to pressure NY Mayor Bill De Blasio on his new school chancellor appointment. Joshua Starr was…
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Anthony Cody: A Remarkable Statement by a Chinese-American Student on Common Core, Testing, Pearson, and Standardization
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Please open the link and read Anthony Cody’s blog about Kenneth Ye, a high school student in Tennessee who spoke to his local school board in Knox County against Common Core, PARCC testing,…
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