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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…

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…

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…

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,…

Originally posted on Fred Klonsky:
First a disclaimer. In order to pay for college for my two kids, like most but the 1%, we had to borrow money. Educational Credit Management Services had a monopoly on the repayment of the…