White knights and false villains "Bad teachers, bad unions and heroic white saviors" are the staples of Hollywood school movies, writes Deborah Meier on Bridging Differences. Small Wonders, a documentary about her East Harlem school's violin program, inspired Music of the Heart, ...
If GOP wins, ed reform could lose
NYC retains 8% of eighth graders New York City schools are holding back many more third through eighth graders this year, reports the New York Times. Eight percent of eighth graders failed to move on to high school. Last year, less than 1 percent of the city’s third to eighth graders