Teaching the district a lesson

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We’ve seen this movie all too many times. There was the kerfluffle…

School Choice Models and Public School Reform

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School Choice Models and Public School Reform Event to feature…

How big of a deal was the 2010 ed reform law?

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Back in January 2010, there was a lot of hoopla around the…

Rhee Out in DC

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Got sad news in the middle of a screening of Waiting for Superman…

Higher State Charter Caps: A Small Step in the Right Direction

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HIGHER STATE CHARTER CAPS A SMALL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION New…

Mid-terms and the national education debate

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The national standards may have been approved in nearly 40…

Can Big City Superintendents Fix the Schools?

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When Adrian Fenty was elected as the mayor of Washington…

The Texas standards controversy: You decide

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Gilbert King notes in his blog that Ironically, it was textbooks…

Common Core Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade

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Common Core Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade Former Massachusetts…

Revenue sharing for cities is a non-starter

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In today's Boston Herald Jay Fitzgerald penned a tough article…

Ed Reform going soft

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The MCAS is different from most other state tests. It is a…

Ho-hum to the Guv on education

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This morning on the Todd and Tom show on WRKO, Joe Battenfield…

Massachusetts gets Race to the Top grant

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The Race to the Top grants have been made and Massachusetts…

Ed Commish "blatantly violated the law"

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Patrick Anderson at the Gloucester Times reports today that Superior…

Day 11: Put virtue in virtual school regulations

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For Aristotle, virtues required wisdom, the ability to find balance…

Day 10: Decentralize decisions in failing urban districts

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Sometimes failure is not just in a handful of schools, but in…

Day 9 – Tested innovation for failing urban schools

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Countdown to World-Class Schools summarizes 12 actions the incoming…

Day 8: Give Urban Kids Access to a Rich Liberal Arts Curriculum

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Countdown to World-Class Schools summarizes 12 actions the incoming…

Day 7: Strengthen STEM standards, instruction and assessments

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While our student gains in math and science over the past decade…

Day 6: Attract and Retain High-Quality Math and Science Teachers

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Massachusetts’ students have made impressive gains in math…

National Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade

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National Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade Academic Standards…

Day 5: Prepare effective teachers

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It may sound like a platitude, but that doesn’t make it any…

Day 4: Recreate a strong accountability system

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When you spend $9 billion a year on schools, accountability must…

On national standards, you get what you pay for

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This week, State House News broke a story on the “cozy relationship”…

Day 3: Modernize state agencies to encourage local school reform

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In a recent blog, I noted how bloated the Department of Elementary…

Day 2: Strengthen the objective MCAS test

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When Governor William Weld signed the Education Reform Act, no…

Happy 4th – Gordon Wood on the Founding

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Below is a video of an event, History and Civic Education, that…

Great news on Roxbury Prep Charter School

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Here is a great outcome from the passage of the charter school…

Well, so much for objective analysis : MA DESE and RttT one more time

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The Secretary and Commissioner of Education have repeatedly…

National standards talking points

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Across the country, the NGA and the CCSSO will be using these…