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Here are the discussion items for the 11/10 IEA Board of Directors meeting. Would Stand for Children have a problem with any of it? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Here are the discussion items for the 11/10 IEA Board of Directors meeting. Would Stand for Children have a problem with any of it? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Here are the discussion items for the 11/10 IEA Board of Directors meeting. Would Stand for Children have a problem with any of it?

Ken Swanson and the IEA leadership claim that not only was Jonah Edelman arrogant in his talk at Aspen, he lied as well.

Here is a way you can make a judgment call on what was true and what was false in Edelman’s description.

What I am including in this post is the discussion agenda for the November 2010 IEA Board of Directors meeting. Would Jonah feel right at home in a meeting like this? You bet he would.

My emphasis in bold.

1. Establish incentives to attract effective teachers to struggling, low performing schools.

2. School consolidation to streamline administrative services, thereby significantly reducing costs.

3. Streamline dismissal processes in return for