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This Week In Education: Best 5 Blogs: Carey & Greene Call Out Hess & Ravitch

This Week In Education: Best 5 Blogs: Carey & Greene Call Out Hess & Ravitch

Best 5 Blogs: Carey & Greene Call Out Hess & Ravitch

Drink through coffee lidWhat Does Rick Hess Believe We Should Do? Kevin Carey: When do we get to the part in this story when all of the aggrieved Hill staffers and disrespected small-government conservatives actually explain how their sacred principles translate into law?.. Diane, Release the Tapes — Day 1 Jay Greene: A video of the meeting would reveal the answer and it will be released if all parties give permission. Gist has already done so and we are waiting for Ravitch... Liberals See Victory in Their Wisconsin Union Defeat Atlantic Wire: Republicans are less motivated by the union fight, Silver says. That means that the "enthusiasm gap" Democrats suffered last year could shrink... Agents of Change or an Oppositional Force? Students First: If kids and quality education are ever to win out, the power of the teachers unions must be drastically reduced... When Should Governments Contract Out? Megan McArdle: We should be extremely cautious about privatizing services with a captive audience, especially when the people they are supposed to serve have little political voice...Why Don't Schools Learn From Each Other? Scholastic: Within a year, teachers in Fresno, Oakland, Compton, and Garden Grove were trained in Map2D and math scores in their districts were going up, too...

Quotes: Lead With Values, Not Facts

Quotes2You don't lead with the facts in order to convince. You lead with the values—so as to give the facts a fighting chance.. -- Mother Jones