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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

9-23-14 Schools Matter All Week

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New NC Standards Commission Headed by IBM Offshoring Expert and Tea Party Darling

From WRAL:IBM executive Andre Peek of Wake County and longtime Forsyth County school board member Jeannie Metcalf were named co-chairmen of the commission.Jeannie Metcalf is Tea Party school board member.  Andre Peek's LinkedIn page has his expertise listed as Outsourcing/Offshoring (really!).What can go wrong?


9-22-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Responding to "Why Poor Students Struggle"My response to this at the NYTimes:James Horn Cambridge, MA Pending ApprovalI think you might trust many of the souls to come along when you put some weight on their end of the economic tug of war that most poor college students are losing. The Ivy League's Raymond and Caitlin will always be who they are, as tangible examples of a