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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Eduflack: Is Ed Reform a Meaningless Term?

Eduflack: Is Ed Reform a Meaningless Term?

Is Ed Reform a Meaningless Term?

If you haven't seen it yet, there is a new education social networking site on the block -- edReformer. Brought to us by Vander Ark/Ratcliff and originally incubated by New Schools Venture Fund, edReformer describes itself as "a community of advocates, innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors seeking to improve student learning worldwide" and "as a catalyst for innovation in the education sector by encouraging entrepreneurship and promoting public and private investment in new learning tools, schools, and platforms."

In contributing to the dialogue, the good folks at edReformer are offering up news, information, interviews, and opinion on all things education policy, while utilizing blogs, Twitter (@edReformer), Facebook, and similar tools at our disposal to spread their gospel of education "excellence and equity through innovation."

After some strong weeks of rich and interesting content, edReformer may have taken a major step back today. They asked dear ol' Eduflack to offer up a guest post from this year's Education Writers Association conference. The agitator that I am, I jumped at the chance, providing edReformer a post here building off of EWA attendee concerns that the term "education reform" has really lost its meaning.