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Why Vote? Midwifing the Youth Vote in the Age of Trump
Last week, Brad Lander, a New York City councilman from Brooklyn, and founder of the City Council’s progressive caucus, stood before 50-or-so young people and talked about the push to close Rikers Island, the city’s dysfunctional jail; the challenges of … Continue reading
Posted in citizenship, democracy, Education, public schools, Trump
Tagged Ann F. Wiener, Brad Lander, Charlottesville, civics, criminal justice reform, democracy, gentrification, Marilyn Neimark, mass incarceration, MOSL, NAEP, National Council for Social Studies, New York City Council, New York State Board of Regents, progressive caucus, Robert E. Lee, Sanda Balaban, school segregation, social studies, Trump, youth voting, YVote
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Back to the Future in the Bay State: Why Brockton May Have A Case for A New School-Funding Lawsuit
Brockton, a down-at-the-heels Massachusetts town, has been a bell weather of education reform for more than a quarter of a century, ever since it spearheaded a class-action lawsuit charging inequitable school funding, which served as a catalyst for the state’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brockton, MA, Charter Schools, Education, Massachusetts Education Reform
Tagged ballot initiative, Brockton, brockton high, Cape Verde, charter schools, equity funding, equity school, Gov. Charlie Baker, Haiti, lawsuit, Level One, low income, NAEP, New Heights Charter School, Question Two, refugees, sanctuary cities, Senator Stan Rosenberg, Sharon Wolder, Systemic bias
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Round Two In the Bay State’s Battle Over the Common Core
One of the big mysteries of the education-reform movement is why Massachusetts, the gold-standard of American education, jettisoned its highly successful education standards for the untested Common Core State Standards. One reason was a much-needed, post-recession cash infusion via Race … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged algebra, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charles Chieppo, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Education reform, Gates Foundation, Jamie Gass, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, MCAS, Mitchell Chester, NAEP, PARCC, Paul Reville, Pearson, Pioneer Institute Massachusetts, PISA, Sandra Stotsky, Szachowicz, TIMSS, Tom Birmingham
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Letter to Hillary: Beware Education Advice From Hedge-Funds
Last week, The New York Times, published a front page story about the pressure Hillary Rodham Clinton is under to declare herself on a host of controversial education-reform initiatives, including the Common Core State Standards and charter schools, which are … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, Quality Management, Women
Tagged Alcoa, Arne Duncan, Common Core, Deming, Deval Patrick, Diane Ravitch, Don Petersen, Ford, Halley Potter, hedge funds, Hillary, Japanese Lesson Study, MCAS, NAEP, New Orleans, PARRC, Paul O'Neill, PISA, quality, Race to the Top, Richard Kahlenberg, RTTT, Teach to Lead, teacher evaluations, teacher leaders, Tom Birmingham, Ursula Burns, W. Edwards Deming, Xerox
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