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As the National Governor Association and the Council of Chiefs…
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New Pioneer/Pacific Research Institute Report: Weak National Standards Basis for Weak National Tests
New Pioneer/Pacific Research Institute Report: Weak National…
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Stop floating – start swimming
Monica Brady-Meyerov has an interesting report on WBUR. Seems…
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National scholarship on education
NCLB had its day and advanced some useful trends at the state…
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MA & FL should get together to drive ed reform in US
I often say two things in different ways:
(1) MA is #1 on the…
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IN says no thanks to RttT
So I guess Arne Duncan's "pretty please" letter to the Governors…
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Disappointing piece from Dave Driscoll in the Globe
Former MA education commissioner David Driscoll opined today…
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Kansas: Keep your Race to yourself
Kansas is not applying for Race to the Top funds, according to…
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Who's Milquetoast? The envelope please…
So some of you did not get the reference to Caspar Milquetoast,…
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Watering down Milquetoast
Jamie Vaznis in today's Globe presents a bombshell:
The state’s…
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Municipal Benchmarks for Massachusetts Middle Cities: Educational Achievement
A Look at Educational Achievement Author(s): Dr. Robert D. Gaudet…
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Municipal Benchmarks for Massachusetts Middle Cities: A Look at Educational Achievement
A Look at Educational Achievement Author(s): Dr. Robert D. Gaudet…
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How Washington is undermining the Bay State's high education standards
We did not miss out on the Race to the Top primarily because…
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Why MA finished 13th of 16 on the Race to the Top
Yesterday's piece in the Globe by Jamie Vaznis strikes me as…
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Race to the Top out of reach
Holy s^&*! Jamie Vaznis of the Boston Globe is reporting that…
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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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MA tops nation in reading for 3rd time in a row
From the Department of Education's press release: "Massachusetts…
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EdWeek: Adopt standards or forget RttT funds
Yesterday, the Globe published an editorial that made the reasonable…
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Don't give up pole position on standards!
There is little to add to today's Globe editorial on academic…
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NY Times decades behind on standards
The editorial on the national standards in today’s New York…
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MetroWest Daily: Not these national standards
The MetroWest Daily today also published a different op-ed piece…
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Worcester T&G: Keep nat'l standards voluntary
Today's Worcester Telegram & Gazette editorial underscores that…
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Wurman & Stotsky skewer the proposed national standards
In the past days, the announcements by Minnesota and Virginia…
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And now VA takes a pass on national standards
Bob Stuart of the News Virginian reports that now
Virginia won’t…
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Hole punched in national standards effort
As Sam Dillon of the New York Times noted our opposition to the…