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The wrong strategy to fix Lawrence public schools
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With a wondrous display of British understatement, the state’s…
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Phoenix Charter Academy’s Mission Impossible?
The month of May opened with the official granting of 16 charters.…
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4 lessons from vocational-technical schools
Over the past couple of weeks, I've shared a number of videos…
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Voc-tech schools lowering the dropout rate
This is the fifth and final leg of my series on the tremendous…
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Vocational-technical schools working with business
The local business community has always been heavily involved…
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Choosing to succeed in regional vocational-technical schools
What sets Massachusetts's education reform efforts apart from…
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Whither METCO?
If METCO closes the achievement gap, and if closing the achievement gap is a top priority, why are we cutting METCO funding?
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Vocational-technical schools that work
A week ago, parents in Boston got their school assignments…
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Proven reforms for urban students
There are no silver bullets. In education, our landmark 1993…
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Some thoughts on parochial schools
March 17th marked St. Patrick’s Day. Today, Glen Johnson…
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Does the heroic reform model work?
School Choice Models & Public School Reform from Mike Dean on…
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How big of a deal was the 2010 ed reform law?
Back in January 2010, there was a lot of hoopla around the…
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Can Big City Superintendents Fix the Schools?
When Adrian Fenty was elected as the mayor of Washington…
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Ho-hum to the Guv on education
This morning on the Todd and Tom show on WRKO, Joe Battenfield…
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Ed Commish "blatantly violated the law"
Patrick Anderson at the Gloucester Times reports today that Superior…
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Day 9 – Tested innovation for failing urban schools
Countdown to World-Class Schools summarizes 12 actions the incoming…
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Day 8: Give Urban Kids Access to a Rich Liberal Arts Curriculum
Countdown to World-Class Schools summarizes 12 actions the incoming…
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Great news on Roxbury Prep Charter School
Here is a great outcome from the passage of the charter school…
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Are Large-Scale School Turnarounds A Myth?
Tough editorial from the WSJ today, calling the "doubling down"…
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Charters and disadvantaged students
We've had some long discussions with legislators and the media…
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Good news on charter performance
From Marc Kenen of the Mass Charter School Association comes…