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Posts under ‘Education’
We Don’t Live in a Multiple Choice World
On the cardboard foundation of No Child Left, the house falls. Strong standards are something we can build a future on.
Questions the Media Should Be Asking About Education
I knew what was coming. I knew from the pre-show questions the producer asked me off camera how “balanced” the Friends would be. Q. Wouldn’t you say that the key to reform is to fire bad teachers, which is now impossible? A. Well, I’m so glad you asked the question because a lot of people [...]
She So Gets It
There is a very smart new Member of Congress from California who gets it. Congresswoman Judy Chu is tired of jumping on rickety legislative bandwagons of blame and shame and name the bad guys and all will be magically right with all of our schools. She’s an educator. So she knows it’s complicated. So she [...]
National Teachers’ Day vs Pink Slip Week
this is the week that perhaps up to 250,000 teachers and vital support staff will be receiving pink slips telling them that due to the financial crisis, there is no money to pay them next year.
