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Obama's blueprint: A magical pitch | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Obama's blueprint: A magical pitch | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Obama's blueprint: A magical pitch

During the National Writing Project Annual Meeting and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conference held in Orlando Florida (Nov. 18- 21), I received a barrage of corporate pitches from Mickey Mouse and his gang. At the closing of the conference I participated in a panel with the Department of Education's chief pitchman, Peter Cunningham.

On a panel with several educators we discussed President Obama's blueprint for changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization.

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