Ravitch: Why California gives me hope
This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is the author of the bestselling “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” an important critique of the flaws in the modern school reform movement that she just updated.
Read full article >>Teacher from troubled district to sit with Michelle Obama at State of Union (updated)
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A teacher from a Pennsylvania school district whose union voted to work for free when the system ran out of money said she would “humbly” sit with first lady Michelle Obama at tonight’s State of the Union address.
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