Quote: "What Creates Cheating" *[image: Quotes2] What creates cheating is people who cheat. If we spent as much time teaching kids as showing them the answer, they might have learned to read. *-- Diane Ravitch in the NYT (circa 1999) via Eduwonk
Video: CNN Covers DCPS / Rhee Testing Controversy It remains unclear what happens next but in the meantime the mainstream media has picked up the story. This Sandra Endo segment uses old tape to make it seem like Rhee is looking tired or overwhelmed Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
Obama: Budget Invisibility Raises Leadership Questions [image: image from img.slate.com] Mother Jones' Kevin Drum describes the current Obama approach to leading the nation (and getting re-elected) as "letting other people fight pitched battles for a while and then parachuting in toward the end to act as ...
Thompson: Media Bullpen Striking Out [image: Free-press] The best I can tell, the "accountability" scores issued by the Gates-funded Center for Education Reporting Media Bullpen are just an indication of how those "reformers" feel about the topic of the story. A run-of-the-mill ...
AM News: Budget Stalemate Increases Shutdown Odds [image: image from webmedia.newseum.org]Conn. state school board responds to reforms delay Boston Globe: Connecticut's state Board of Education is weighing its response to news that its sweeping school reforms package is likely to be delayed two ...