EducationNews.org?interviewed Kathleen Porter-Magee, who of course, heads up our High Quality Standards Program here at Fordham. Among other things, Kathleen says that there are a lot of interventions that, when implemented properly, will improve student achievement. However, they aren't exactly easy and mindless to implement. She also suggests that rather than leaping from one intervention to the next, educators should ?select one (high quality, proven) intervention and commit to making it work.? And she says (when asked about ?Waiting for Superman?) that while there is no one ?answer? to our education challenges, charter schools are ?powerful and necessary for a number of reasons.?
Check it out.
?Amy Fagan