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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Modern School: Rocketship’s National Plan to Jettison Teachers

Modern School: Rocketship’s National Plan to Jettison Teachers:


Rocketship’s National Plan to Jettison Teachers


If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is not true.

This common sense adage ought to prevent intelligent people from falling for costly scams. Yet otherwise smart people continue to get suckered at an alarming rate. This is particularly true in politics and education “reform,” where people seem to prefer the fantasy of a quick, magic bullet “fix” to social problems, than having to do a little research or critical analysis to determine if the proposal has any merit.

Consider John Danner, former school teacher and