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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Pittsburgh Public Schools Advised to Repeat Same Mistakes Over and Over and Over… | gadflyonthewallblog

Pittsburgh Public Schools Advised to Repeat Same Mistakes Over and Over and Over… | gadflyonthewallblog:

Pittsburgh Public Schools Advised to Repeat Same Mistakes Over and Over and Over…

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“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
-Albert Einstein (attributed)

“AAAUUURGH!”
-Charlie Brown
If I crash my car right into a wall, the worst thing to do would be to get into another car and crash it right into the same wall!
But that’s what the Pittsburgh Post Gazette thinks city school administrators should do.
new comprehensive report about Pittsburgh Public Schools concludes that standardization and Common Core have produced zero progress in the district over the last decade.
And the editorial board of the city’s largest remaining newspaper says this means administrators should stay the course – indeed, double down on test prep and uniformity.