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Brighter idea
Yesterday, we noted that Kevin Donnelly, authority on all things related to Aussie-ed, was displeased that Victoria was offering its teachers a massive, across-the-board pay raise decoupled from accountability.
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City of charterly love
Cleveland can be a tough place, what with its harsh winters and difficult economic times.
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Good news for charter schools (and school reform in general)
No, I'm not referring to this survey from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, though there are some promising tidbits.
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AP doesn't deserve deification?
Tom Stanley-Becker is an AP dropout. The young man writes today in the Los Angeles Times:
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All kids to college...or else
Another interesting bit in The Gadfly is this piece, which describes how thousands of Massachusetts students who pass the MCAS and graduate high school nonetheless have to take remedial courses at 2- and 4-year colleges--i.e., they're not ready to do college-level work. Many drop out.
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More generational warfare
While childlike Liam takes Checker to task for questioning the incalculable contributions of twenty-somethings, in Boston they're
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On one hand, on the other hand, and things stay the same
Over at Quick and the Ed, Kevin Carey turns in a lengthy post, replete with percentages and bullet points, that draws lessons from Ed Sector's newest report, Waiting to Be Won Ov
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A scandal in Los Angeles
The Catholic Church is not the only institution facing a sex abuse crisis. The Los Angeles Unified School District has an ugly scandal of its own--and teenagers are again the victims.
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Evolution update
1. Bills proposed by Florida lawmakers to allow teachers to caveat their teaching of evolution have, for the time being, fizzled out. 2. Cool video on how the eye, that amazing bit of complexity that's often proffered as proof of intelligent design, likely evolved:
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AP ain't to blame
As with any program, implementation in AP really matters, so it's disappointing that Tom Stanley-Becker doesn't say more about how history is taught at his school. Was the AP class his only recent exposure to American history?
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This Week's Fordham Factor: The next president
Mike and Christina discuss what kind of ed talk to expect from the presumptive nominees as we near the general election. httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=p3sUyP-c8AE
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The hunted have become the hunters
Japan has slipped in international science rankings, so the government has announced a plan to train a special cadre of "super science teachers." Gotta love the enthusiasm.
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No news is good news?
Wouldn't it be great if the candidates were to duke it out over education reform?