Friday, December 30, 2011

Last Stand for Children First: As We Approach 2012 - Scrappy Reformers are Turning the Tide

Last Stand for Children First: As We Approach 2012 - Scrappy Reformers are Turning the Tide:

As We Approach 2012 - Scrappy Reformers are Turning the Tide


In the battle between the Goliaths of the status quo and the scrappy Davids of education reform, the tide may be slowly turning. It was Arthur Reynolds Award winner Anthony Russo, whose This Week in Education articlebrought new attention to the battle for the hearts and minds of the American public, but the battle lines could not be more sharply drawn.

On the one hand, you have the Evil Empire. If there is a person in public life who more closely resembles Darth