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Monday, October 19, 2015

How many corporate education reform failures must there be. Before we know the scheme is a disaster? - Wait What?

How many corporate education reform failures must there be. Before we know the scheme is a disaster? - Wait What?:

How many corporate education reform failures must there be. Before we know the scheme is a disaster?




Yes, How many corporate education reform failures must there be. Before we know the scheme is a disaster?
Or to borrow from the great poet and songwriter Bob Dylan
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Sarah Darer Littman, fellow public education advocate and commentator, uses her most recent CT Newsjunkie column to ask the quintessential question about education reform by pointing readers to Dale Russakoff’s new book entitled, The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools.
Sara Darer Littman writes,
Although no Connecticut city is as high profile in the education reform battle as Newark, which received a $100 million donation from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, there are interesting parallels to observe and lessons to be learned.
The reform movement has been characterized by jargon and combative rhetoric in New Jersey, where Gov. Chris Christie described plans for Newark by saying the state needed to “grab the system by the roots, pull it 
How many corporate education reform failures must there be. Before we know the scheme is a disaster? - Wait What?: