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February 9, 2010 – Education Week  Heather Zavadsky shows how Broad Prize-winning districts can teach other urban systems about using new federal funding well.
February 9, 2010 – Education Week  Jose Ferreira offers insights from his career in test preparation on some of the persistent questions about standardized tests.
February 9, 2010 – Education Week  Justin Snider tells why policymakers should be wary of tying teacher tenure and compensation to student test scores.
February 8, 2010 – Education Week  Common standards should not take the joy and power of book reading away from students, Nancie Atwell writes.
February 1, 2010 – Education Week  To restore the value of a high school diploma, writes S.G. Grant, whole communities should have a role in setting and safeguarding standards.
February 1, 2010 – Education Week   If adopted, the proposed common-core standards for writing will kill the spirit that produces great literature and nonfiction, Edgar H. Schuster argues.
February 1, 2010 – Education Week   Lawmakers should do more to expand efforts to link schools with networks of social support, argues Sarah M. Fine.
January 29, 2010 – Education Week   Before shelling out $45 million for research, ask retired teachers like himself the secret of good teaching, writes James D. Starkey.
January 26, 2010 – Education Week   Plans to improve math and science teaching may be putting too much stress on recruiting new teachers, writes Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman.
January 26, 2010 – Education Week   We must and can produce ways to evaluate teachers that are fair, rigorous, and valid, and offer helpful feedback, Linda Tyler writes.
January 26, 2010 – Education Week   With the push for more charter schools, it's time to address the thorny issue of students with special needs, writes Harvard professor Thomas Hehir.
January 26, 2010 – Education Week   Different kids have different needs, and schools need to pursue particular strategies for particular students, writes former high school history teacher Jack Schneider.
January 21, 2010 – Education Week   Teacher Katie Hanifin strikes a blow for students, young and old, who get little from their classes and training sessions but yawns and disengagement.
January 19, 2010 – Education Week   The response to his call for letters to send to the White House, writes Anthony Cody, shows a teaching profession hungry for policymaking impact.
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