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Equity & Diversity Opinion The Dialogue Heats Up over Teach For America
A few days ago I posted this: Civil Rights Groups Press for Truly Qualified Teachers. I have hit a nerve, because the piece has gotten a number of comments. Last night some sharp questions arrived from a reader named Mike Hailey. I am interested in highlighting this dialogue, so I am going to post his questions and my answers here, and invite him to respond below.
Anthony Cody, October 22, 2011
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Standards & Accountability Opinion If You Believe in Miracles, Don't Read This
But as long as public officials insist on making test scores the measure of teacher quality and school success, then their claims should be closely scrutinized using the metrics that they themselves have made the coin of the realm. Many of the schools that politicians hail as successes have records no different from other schools that the politicians are closing.
Diane Ravitch, October 18, 2011
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Equity & Diversity Opinion In John Merrow's Education Reform Land, Copycats Rule
In his September 28 reflection on Education Nation, John Merrow has provided us with a distillation of the solution being offered to improve learning in our low-achieving schools. Copy KIPP.
Anthony Cody, October 14, 2011
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School & District Management Opinion Liberty Plaza, Wall Street, & Schools
But, for the moment, my unambivalent "Hurrah!" to the protesters on Wall Street, to Van Jones' effort to mobilize nationally, to SOS (Save Our Schools), and many more. The future looks, at least, interesting.
Deborah Meier, October 6, 2011
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Sophia Yusuf and Sam Whittemore check out a math assignment on an interactive whiteboard in Eden Prairie, Minn., where tensions have arisen over school zones. The controversy comes amid increased diversity, including an influx of Somali students.
Sophia Yusuf and Sam Whittemore check out a math assignment on an interactive whiteboard in Eden Prairie, Minn., where tensions have arisen over school zones. The controversy comes amid increased diversity, including an influx of Somali students.
Courtney Perry for Education Week
Families & the Community School Boundary Plan Divides Minn. Suburb
An assignment plan intended to keep schools socioeconomically balanced spurs a bitter debate in suburban Eden Prairie.
Christina A. Samuels, October 4, 2011
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Alabama Law Creates Immigration Panic in Schools
Headlines from Alabama tell us that the latest "education reform" there is making sure we know exactly how much the state is spending to educate the children of "illegal" immigrants. According to a new law, parents are required to present documentation when registering their children to attend school. While the law does not require school officials to turn in the names of "illegals," it has sparked widespread fear among immigrant parents, and many have withdrawn their children from school. Meanwhile, Texas governor Rick Perry's poll numbers in the Republican primary have fallen after he said that members of his party who do not support free education for students who are undocumented "have no heart."
Anthony Cody, October 2, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Forward to the Past
The big idea of the Reformers Ltd. is that we learn best if we feel scared and if we are quickly rewarded or punished. It keeps us on our toes, along with chants and drum beats and ticking clocks.
Deborah Meier, September 29, 2011
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Public Schools and Post Offices: What do they have in Common?
Last week, one of Stephen Colbert's guests was a former mail carrier named Phil Rubio, who raised the alarm about the potential demise of a basic government service, the US Post Office. Dr. Rubio explained that the Post Office is a rather strange government/business hybrid, where it is controlled by Congress, but expected to cover its expenses through the revenue it generates. Yet it is not supposed to compete directly with the United Parcel Service or FedEx.
Anthony Cody, September 22, 2011
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Equity & Diversity Opinion John Thompson: Should Schools Grade Students' Moral Character?
Guest post by John Thompson. Part two of two.
Anthony Cody, September 20, 2011
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Equity & Diversity Opinion What I Did Last Summer, Part Two
Most panelists agreed that there is a yawning gap between the "reform" policies of the moment and the consensus among scholars who have devoted their lives to studying the issues. How to bridge that gap?
Diane Ravitch, September 20, 2011
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School Choice & Charters Opinion John Thompson: Does a "No Excuses" Approach Really Work?
Guest post by John Thompson. Part one of two.
Anthony Cody, September 19, 2011
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6 min read
Ryan Pierre Charles, a Miramar, Fla., 1st grader, drinks water at his school. Schools now must provide water to all pupils.
Ryan Pierre Charles, a Miramar, Fla., 1st grader, drinks water at his school. Schools now must provide water to all pupils.
Andrew Innerarity for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement New Federal School-Meals Rules Could Lead to Rising Lunch Prices
School food-service managers predict some school meals will cost more under rules drafted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
September 13, 2011
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Ryan Pierre Charles, a Miramar, Fla., 1st grader, drinks water at his school. Schools now must provide water to all pupils.
Ryan Pierre Charles, a Miramar, Fla., 1st grader, drinks water at his school. Schools now must provide water to all pupils.
Andrew Innerarity for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement New Federal School-Meals Rules Could Lead to Rising Lunch Prices
School food-service managers predict some school meals will cost more under rules drafted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
September 12, 2011
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6 min read
Equity & Diversity Opinion Remembering Vito Perrone
For me personally, and Vito, too, there's a special poignancy because not only are we in danger of losing what was a growing school reform consensus in the 1980s, but we're at risk of losing all traces of a century-old progressive tradition which pitted efficiency-mavens against democracy-mavens in school reform and all the other strands of New Deal and Fair Deal reform.
Deborah Meier, September 8, 2011
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4 min read
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