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Monday, February 28, 2011

Reformy baloney. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Reformy baloney. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Reformy baloney.

The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss hands over her column to Paul Thomas, an associate professor of education at Furman University in South Carolina. He trashes the arguments of “Accountability,” “merit,” “choice,” and “competition,” when looking at school improvement.

From President Obama and Secretary of Education Duncan to the misleading documentary “Waiting for Superman” to the new reformers (Bill Gates, Geoffrey