Once a hedgehog, now a fox: Ten lessons from six decades in the struggle to improve schools
The Greek poet Archilochus wrote that “the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” Finn’s experience has made him more like the fox: as keen as ever to overhaul and revitalize American education, but having come to “knows many things” about that enterprise, is more a wary realist regarding its difficulty.
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.24.2024
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Once a hedgehog, now a fox: Ten lessons from six decades in the struggle to improve schools
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.24.2024
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Mark Schneider 10.24.2024
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Robert Pondiscio 10.24.2024
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Jeanette Luna 10.24.2024
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Cheers and Jeers: October 24, 2024
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What we're reading this week: October 24, 2024
The Education Gadfly 10.24.2024
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Grade inflation: Why it matters and how to stop it
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The American dream is still in reach for young people
Ian Rowe 10.17.2024
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