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Lessons for Education Reformers from W. Edwards Deming, America’s Leading Management Thinker

Posted on November 15, 2014 by aagabor

When I returned from speaking at the annual conference of the Deming Institute in Los Angeles last month, the education sites were abuzz about a new Time magazine cover trumpeting “Bad Apples”, the latest example of what has become a … Continue reading →

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