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We’ve seen this movie all too many times. There was the kerfluffle…
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School Choice Models and Public School Reform
School Choice Models and Public School Reform Event to feature…
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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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Higher State Charter Caps: A Small Step in the Right Direction
HIGHER STATE CHARTER CAPS A SMALL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
New…
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Mid-terms and the national education debate
The national standards may have been approved in nearly 40…
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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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The Texas standards controversy: You decide
Gilbert King notes in his blog that
Ironically, it was textbooks…
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Common Core Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade
Common Core Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade Former Massachusetts…
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Revenue sharing for cities is a non-starter
In today's Boston Herald Jay Fitzgerald penned a tough article…
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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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Massachusetts gets Race to the Top grant
The Race to the Top grants have been made and Massachusetts…
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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 11: Put virtue in virtual school regulations
For Aristotle, virtues required wisdom, the ability to find balance…
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Day 10: Decentralize decisions in failing urban districts
Sometimes failure is not just in a handful of schools, but in…
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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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Day 7: Strengthen STEM standards, instruction and assessments
While our student gains in math and science over the past decade…
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Day 6: Attract and Retain High-Quality Math and Science Teachers
Massachusetts’ students have made impressive gains in math…
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National Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade
National Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade Academic Standards…
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Day 5: Prepare effective teachers
It may sound like a platitude, but that doesn’t make it any…
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Day 4: Recreate a strong accountability system
When you spend $9 billion a year on schools, accountability must…
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On national standards, you get what you pay for
This week, State House News broke a story on the “cozy relationship”…
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Day 3: Modernize state agencies to encourage local school reform
In a recent blog, I noted how bloated the Department of Elementary…
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Day 2: Strengthen the objective MCAS test
When Governor William Weld signed the Education Reform Act, no…
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Happy 4th – Gordon Wood on the Founding
Below is a video of an event, History and Civic Education, that…
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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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Well, so much for objective analysis : MA DESE and RttT one more time
The Secretary and Commissioner of Education have repeatedly…
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National standards talking points
Across the country, the NGA and the CCSSO will be using these…