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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

12-17-13 With A Brooklyn Accent

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The 2 Falso Principles on Which School Reform is Built
It never ceases to amaze me how many people who should know better buy the following dominant principles of the School Reform narrative 1. American schools as a whole are failing because American students are being pampered, both by their parents and teachers. We need to demand more of them to meet Global Competition 2. Schools in high poverty and moderate income neighborhoods are failing becaus

With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week 12-14-13
With A Brooklyn Accent: With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week  mark as readThe Crisis in Public Education is Caused by Bad Policies, not Bad TeachersGates, Duncan, Broad et al say they want to attract more talented people to the teaching profession but they 1. Support teacher evaluation frameworks combine humiliating observation protocols (Danielson rubric) with scripted curricula (Common Core)