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Thursday, December 23, 2010

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Damn Good Education Daily
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larrycuban.wordpress.com - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and top policymakers have promoted and funded small urban high schools for nearly a decade. Then Bill Gates said in his 2009 Annual Letter that while these sma...

Larryferlazzo



blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,As 2010 draws to a close, I must tell you that this was probably the most amazing and wonderful year of my life. I spent the previous three years writing a book, and I had no idea how ...

DianeRavitch
latimes.com - Science teacher Jennifer Burman instructs her class at Edwin Markham Middle School, where test scores have markedly improved. (Christina House, For The Times / December 12, 2010) By Jason Felch, Ja...

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edmoney.newamerica.net - Last week Democratic leaders in the Senate proposed and then retracted an omnibus appropriations bill that would have funded all federal education programs subject to the annual appropriations proc...

DianeRavitch



nasspblogs.org - "There are three kinds of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics."--Mark Twain The release of the 2009 PISA results this past week has created quite a stir and has provided ample fodder for public s...

DianeRavitch