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Diane in the Evening 6-21-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Today is the Day! 5 Million Page Views on This Blog

Today, the blog recorded 5 million page views!
The blog started April 24, 2012. That’s about 14 months ago.
Wow.
As you know, the blog has no advertisements, no funding, and no staff. Just me.
I plan to keep it that way.
Thank you for making the blog a place where everyone who cares about improving education, defending childhood, respecting the dignity of the education profession, and supporting public education has a safe place to converse.
Thank you for agreeing and disagreeing and, with rare exceptions, respecting the basic rules of civility.

How Kevin Huffman Will Cut Teacher Salaries

In his relentless effort to raise teacher quality in Tennessee, Kevin Huffman will cut the salaries of most new teachers.
The ax will fall most heavily on teachers who get an advanced degree.
You see, the way to improve 


LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-21-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] L.A.: The Context for Steve Zimmer’s Defense of Class Size Reduction by dianerav Last night I blogged about the recent meeting of the LAUSD school board and pointed out Steve Zimmer’s eloquent defense of class size limits. The high point of his six-minute statement was when he compared the class sizes in L.A. public schools–40 or more–with the class sizes in local charter schools, which boast of 20 or so. He did it dramatically, reading out the names of each char... more »