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Thursday, August 30, 2012

School Tech Connect: The Charter Emmys

School Tech Connect: The Charter Emmys:


The Charter Emmys

The charter Emmys are coming up. I'm concerned that the field of candidates for one of the awards might be quite small.


Next to the Broad Prize the Charter School Emmy is most 
coveted prize in all of Reformdumb

The charters have produced nothing in terms of innovation. What they've done is re-created a very rigid, old fashioned model, without the bothersome kids, at least in the big chains. The focus is on standing in a straight 


I Sense An Actual Problem

Saw this from a link on Fred's Twitter feed.

Blah blah blah, long story short, Illinois Type 75's are all going through this horrendous evaluation training that's going to transform the universe into a shiny ball of wondergoo. In the press, of course, these poor people are fairly muted with their criticism of it, but if you're old and decrepit and you know a lot of administrators around the state, you hear different.

These people aren't protected by any kind of due process, as you know, so they can't really be, you know,