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Inspector Clouseau-style accountability
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I noted two weeks ago that recent MCAS data don’t tell a…
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Steve Jobs on education in America
Tip of the hat to Whitney Tilson for passing around excerpts…
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Life Lessons From Steve Jobs
In a blog post entitled Bill Gates doesn't like the liberal…
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Is student achievement in Massachusetts falling flat?
The short answer that will come in this and blog posts in the…
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Dumb and Dumber – Proposed Bill
You can agree or disagree on most bills in the State House.…
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Proven Approaches to Dropout Prevention
Tomorrow the state's Joint Committee on Education will meet…
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What if Bill Gates rewarded results?
Last winter, two things clarified my views on the utility of…
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Setting the Record Straight
When blogging, sometimes you shorthand -- summarize too quickly.…
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National standards’ process and substance abuse
For a while it looked like all of thinking Washington was gaga…
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Arne Duncan gets sent to the principal’s office
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan is losing his allies fast.…
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Facilities Guide for New and Expanding Charter Schools
New report offers best practices from successful Massachusetts charter schools to help other charter leaders navigate the facilities development process
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Expanding School Choice through METCO
Non-partisan Research Groups Urge Lawmakers to Expand Minority Students’ Access to METCO Program
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Tide turning on municipal health savings
The Globe's editorial page came out with a very clear view…
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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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School dollars and health reform
Calls for more funding for education are common. Policy organizations…
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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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Cracks in the national standards consensus
Back in the fall, I mentioned that I thought that after the…
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Vocational-technical schools working with business
The local business community has always been heavily involved…