More Lessons for Education “Reformers”
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Quiz time for education “reformers” – what’s missing from the picture at right? Answers to follow – read on.
Over at Huffington Post, Suzanne Tacheny Kubach, the Executive Director of Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network, has written a useful reminder to the edreform crowd that there are certain standards they should hold themselves to while pursuing their agenda (“Lessons from Gotham for Education Reformers”). Using as her example the controversies around the recent appointment of Cathie Black as Chancellor for New York City Public Schools, Kubach observes that the leaders of that movement must be more consistent in their views of transparency and in articulating a compelling vision for education.
Kubach’s main concern seems to be winning over the general public, and perhaps more specifically, parents and