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Quotable & notable
?I think I've been let go because I'm not a true believer.'' * ?Josh Karten, former history and business teacher
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Quotable & notable
?The sad part is that morale dips so drastically once the pink slips go out, because the worry begins about family, mortgage, stuff like that.'' * ?Misty Monroe, LA public school teacher
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Finn on NBC
Fordham Institute President Chester Finn, Jr., appeared in an education segment last night (June 14) on NBC Nightly News.
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The Seuss bigotry of low expectations?
Pam Allyn, a literacy expert and executive director of LitWorld, penned an opinion piece in Education Week entitled ?Against the Whole-Class Novel.?
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Curriculum & Instruction
Dear Diane:
This is what I don't understand about Diane Ravitch.? After several years (more or less) of fairly relentless criticisms of school reformers, she is back to her old self today, telling the New York Times that the new NAEP history? test results are ?alarming.?? ?Well, of course, they are.
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Charter Schools
PA lawmaker: Protect districts, not kids
Pennsylvania is trying to fix a thorny problem with virtual schools. If two kids attend a virtual school, one from a high spending district that sends along $10,000 in their backpack to the virtual school, and another from low spending district that sends $6,000, the former child's district is subsidizing the latter's education. It's a tough issue.