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Thursday, May 22, 2014

5-22-14 @ The Chalk Face

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John White’s “Statewide Trends” of LEAP Supposed to be Publicized on May 27
When Louisiana State Superintendent John White withheld the Louisiana Education Assessment Program (LEAP) scores on Friday, May 16, 2014– the day that these scores were supposed to be released, he chose to wait until midday to contact the schools. White offered no reason for the delay. However, by now, it is no secret that scores for White’s pet project, predominately-charter Recovery […]

REVIEW: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay
REVIEW: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay. via REVIEW: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay.

Why Wait For College To Intervene?
WHY WAIT FOR COLLEGE TO INTERVENE?.

Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity
Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity. via Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical


5-21-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Why Did Cory Booker and Mark Zuckerberg Ignore Newark’s Families?Dale Russakoff’s New Yorker profile “Schooled” is a wonderful account of Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million investment in Newark school reform, and how and why it failed. It implicitly asks what did the founder of Facebook, and other elites, not know about school improvement and if they will develop an interest in why t