Public Policy Blogger: Reforming the American public education system. Are we on the wrong path?

Public Policy Blogger: Reforming the American public education system. Are we on the wrong path?

Reforming the American public education system. Are we on the wrong path?

by Anne Geiger

Thanks to An Urban Teacher's Education for this Texas Tribune link-

A University of Texas physics professor looks at Texas public education data and arrives at some provocative, worrisome conclusions. (He is also a co-director of the university's UTeach program.) Very smart. Very intuitive. Looking at data. Really looking at data. Asking essential questions at a critical juncture.

In the three video interviews with Professor Marder--

Does teacher quality play the largest role in student learning? Marder says, "No, it’s poverty."

Will charter schools provide urgently needed opportunities for students to reach high levels of achievement. Marder says, "No, secondary charter schools in Texas lead to much lower levels of