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Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
This is a very funny spoof of federal education policy. Imagine Arne Duncan and Roger Goodell, the president of the NFL, calling a joint press conference to announce a new program called Race…

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Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Remember the D.C. Whistleblower? Adell Cothorne was the new principal at a highly-touted elementary school where test scores had gone up and off, off the charts. She said she walked in on a…

Originally posted on Fred Klonsky:
Fred, Some of these “representatives” may be OK in your book. I don’t know many of them personally. Those I have had interaction with don’t seem to act much like representatives of the worker. They…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
A recent article by business columnist Eduardo Porter in the “New York Times” was titled “Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe.” This is what the “Americanization of labor policy” means: “In 2008,…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Robert Shepherd has written curriculum, textbooks, assessments, and lots else in recent decades. Here he explains what is wrong with the Common Core’s version of English Language Arts: The CCSS in ELA appear…

Originally posted on Fred Klonsky:
Dear Fred: Let us assume that a viable third party candidate does not emerge in the upcoming election for Governor. What do we do? Those in power like to rig the election process in their favor.…