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More Breathless Praise for Success Academy; And Why We Should Be “Terrified”

Posted on December 9, 2017 by aagabor

This week both The New Yorker and The Atlantic, among several other publications, ran prominent stories on Success Academy, the controversial New York City charter-school network. In particular, Elizabeth Green’s piece about Success Academy and its founder, Eva Moskowitz, aims … Continue reading →

Posted in Charter Schools, citizenship, democracy, Education, public schools, Trump | Tagged Center for Education Improvement, ChalkBeat, charter schools, Dan Loeb, Debbie Meier, District 2, District 4, Education reform, Elizabeth Green, Eva Moskowitz, Families for Excellent Schools, Harlem, John Dewey, KIPP, MacArthur award, Mayor Bill De Blasio, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, New York Performance Standards Consortium, no excuses, Question 2, Richard Whitmire, standardized tests, strict-discipline, Success Academy, Sy Fliegel, Tony Alvarado, unions | 20 Comments

Why Jon Alter Needs To Do More Homework on Charters

Posted on September 9, 2015 by aagabor

First, let’s savor the irony: Two former (private) school chums duke it out over charter schools. Last Monday, Jonathan Alter published an article in the Daily Beast that was at least partly a response to my New York Times OpEd, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, New Orleans Charter Schools | Tagged A Smarter Charter, Albert Shanker, Andre Perry, Anthony Recasner, anti-union, Atlanta, charter schools, cheating, cheating scandals, continuous improvement, Democrats for Education Reform, Diane Ravitch, Doug Lemov, Education reform, Francis W. Parker, Halley Potter, Howard Fuller, Hurricane Katrina, Jonathan Alter, Labor Day, middle-class, New Orleans, New Orleans Charter Middle School, no-excuses charters, Obama, One Right Way, Paul Vallas, pay checks, Phillips Academy, Richard Kahlenberg, Teach for America, teachers, TFA, unions, wages, Waiting for Superman | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Business, Education, Quality Management | Tagged Abraham Maslow, Allan Mulally, Amber Charter, American Enterprise Institute, Arthur Levine, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg, bonus system, Cadillac, Capdau charter, common causes, continuous improvement, Deming Institute, Education reform, Ford, Frederick Herzberg, GE, GM, heirarchy of need, If Japan Can Why Can't We, incentive pay, intrinsic motivation, Jack Welch, Joel Klein, Kahlenberg, lesson study, Mercedes Schneider, merit pay, open-source software, Peter Drucker, Pontiac, quality, quality improvement, Quality Management, Roger Smith, Sable, Scholastic, special cause, Taurus, Teach for America, teacher education, TFA, Time magazine, Toyota, Toyota Production System, unions, value-added measurement, VAM, Vanderbilt University, variation, W. Edwards Deming, work rules | 13 Comments

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More Breathless Praise for Success Academy; And Why We Should Be “Terrified”

Why Jon Alter Needs To Do More Homework on Charters

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

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