Educating the Mob
By
Hugh Osborn
On 8/24/2009 6:45 PM
Are today's angry town hall mobs a result of TDD - thinking deficit disorder? Maybe, but in any case we desperately need to get our kids thinking clearly K-grave. See today's open letter to Arne Duncan in the HuffPost on this issue: http://i...
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Reform on Learning's Terms
By
Chad Sansing
On 8/6/2009 3:56 PM
At a press conference announcing the “Race to the Top” initiative, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pledged nearly $10 billion in federal grant money to public school divisions that can deliver on four assurances:
Worthy divisions will develop more...
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The Charter School Advantage: Operating as a Deregulated Autonomous Public School
By
Stephen Coffin
On 6/29/2009 1:39 AM
The proponents of charter schools (Newman, 1998) purport that charter schools are the answer to what ails our public school system. The rationale supporting how charter schools can provide an education that is superior in quality to that offered by ...
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NCLB Is Not Closing the Achievement Gap
By
Luyen Chou
On 4/29/2009 10:19 AM
In an article in
today's New York Times, an analysis of the latest Nation's Report Card based on
the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
indicates that there has been little to no difference in the ...
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Arne Duncan Champions Public Education
By
Pamela Moran
On 2/11/2009 9:44 PM
I had the opportunity today to listen to a phone broadcast by Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education. Secretary Duncan shared critical elements that he believes are particularly important to both local school districts and state education departments. H...
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