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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Education reform paralysis — and how to fix it - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Education reform paralysis — and how to fix it - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:


Education reform paralysis — and how to fix it

This was written by Mark Phillips, professor emeritus of secondary education at San Francisco State University and author of a monthly column on education for the Marin Independent Journal.
By Mark Phillips
The world of educational reform is stuck.
Don’t you get bored repeatedly reading about variations on the same topics? Standardized testing, useful or harmful? Charter schools, the answer or the new problem? Teachers maligned, teachers defended, teachers resistant to change. No Child Left Behind, revise