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Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Sue Altman of the new and unaccredited EduShyster Academy notes the irony that Microsoft has finally abandoned its stack ranking system but the schools are stuck with it, thanks to the Gates Foundation…

Originally posted on Kimchi Latkes:
Dear Mouse, You went to a birthday party today and your father’s report was… well, not great.  It seems you spent most of the time being a barnacle on your daddy’s leg, despite the kind…

Originally posted on Dr. Rebecca Hains:
Boy with handbag: a menace to society? For several weeks, an eighth-grade boy outside of Kansas City has been expressing his individuality by carrying a floral-print Vera Bradley purse. But yesterday, his assistant principal…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Mercedes Schneider has identified 17 states where protests against Common Core standards are heating up, in some cases leading to a slowdown or cancellation of implementation. She writes: “Over one-third of the states…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
I have been wondering lately why we are so obsessed with giving every student, every teacher, and every school a ranking, rating, and/or grade. It seems to me that we are thinking about…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
When I visited Finland, which is widely recognized as one of the top performing nations in the world, every educator spoke of their goals. They want their students to be happy, healthy, and…

http://dianeravitch.net/2013/11/24/lecker-toxic-stress-hurts-children/

http://cristianmihai.net/2013/11/24/happiness-random-excerpt/