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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

9-22-14 Jersey Jazzman - Everything Wrong With Education "Reform" Is In York, PA

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Everything Wrong With Education "Reform" Is In York, PA
When I was on Rick Smith's show the other day, kvetching about Chris Christie's education "policies" (it's the whole reason Rick has me on the show), he brought up a really good point:As bad as Chris Christie has been for New Jersey's schools, Tom Corbett has been far, far worse for Pennsylvania's.Under Corbett, "cyber charters" have proliferated, even though all the evidence s






9-22-14 Jersey Jazzman - The Hidden Voices of New Jersey's Teachers of Color
Jersey Jazzman: The Hidden Voices of New Jersey's Teachers of ColorI was going to write about the meeting I and other New Jersey teacher-bloggers had with Lily Eskelsen Garcia, the new president of the National Education Association, last weekend. But Marie Corfield -- see here and here -- and Ani McHugh have done such a good job documenting the event that I really don't think I can add much of va