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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
PIRLS 2011 International Results in Reading
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Check here to view the entire report. Following is the Executive Summary. PIRLS is an international assessment of reading comprehension...
What are the "Standards" and why do we need them?
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Building on the excellent foundation of standards states have laid, the Common Core State Standards are the first step in providing our...
Get Ready For America’s Next ‘Education Crisis’
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No sector of American society has been cast with the narrative of crisis as much as public education -- and the stakes are about to get e...
John Thompson: Diane Ravitch and the Long View of School Reform
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By Anthony Cody on December 17, 2012 10:31 AM Guest post by John Thompson. Near the end of David Denby's New Yorker pro...
Why You Can Kiss Public Education (and the Middle Class) Goodbye
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Why You Can Kiss Public Education (and the Middle Class) Goodbye All around us, our public institutions are disintegrating, and the...
Friday, December 14, 2012
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
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reviewed by Jonathan Gravells “You can personally choose to become more successful by adopting five learnable habits….” The...
Protecting the Choice to Stay: "Education Savings Accounts" and Legislative Priorities
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by David R. Garcia Source: Teachers College Record, December 07, 2012 Education Savings Accounts" (choice vouchers) are th...
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