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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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