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Friday, January 3, 2014

1-3-14 Ed Notes Online

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The Hero Superintendent Debunked
Supt Miles, the dancing queenMiles’ first year in Dallas was a nasty one. One-quarter of the district’s principals were gone after that year, including some favorites in South Dallas and Oak Cliff, where schools earned high marks from the state. Their departures sparked a fight with black community leaders like Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, who circulated a letter to pastors accusin
1-2-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Katie Lapham's Speech at John King's Common Core Brooklyn ForumKatie was first on line ahead of the Student First/E4E astroturf crew that dominated the meeting after her, praising the CCSS to the sky. You know I find it funny. From the day I began to teach in 1967 the NY State standards seemed fine. In fact, the problem we had in high poverty area schools was getting anywhere near