Commentary
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Studying Teacher Education
Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Kenneth M. Zeichner, eds., American Educational Research Association June 2005
Commentary
Cracks in the Education Pipeline: A Business Leader's Guide to Higher Education Reform
Committee for Economic Development2005
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Issue Brief: Qualifications of Public Secondary School Biology Teachers, 1999-2000
Daniel J. McGrath, Emily W. Holt, and Marilyn M. Seastrom, National Center for Education StatisticsJune 2005
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The show goes on, and on, and on. . . .
As always, the National Education Association convention, recently concluded in Los Angeles, was quite a circus.
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Ray Budde, definer of charters
Gadfly mourns the passing of Ray Budde, an education professor at the University of Massachusetts who defined the term "charter school" and helped to spark the movement that continues to this day.
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Can history be saved?
That was the question examined by last week's Senate hearing on "The American History Achievement Act," a bill proposed by Senators Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.
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Will's right
Gadfly is certainly correct to be left cold by David Broder's (non)verdict on the differences between how teachers and the general public view education reform efforts. (See "Edu-commentary.") Broder's inconclusiveness is not, however, due to a paralyzingly subtle understanding of the issue.