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Flipping Florida: The New Employment Bargain

The only thing at stake is the future of American. Two big dramas involving teachers and testing are at play in education. My last post discussed the $350m federal grant program that is likely to lock in another decade of bubble sheet tests rather than a forward leaning framework open to the flood of keystroke data t...

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More Widgets, Fewer #2 Pencils

With last week's launch of the $350m federal grant program last week, National Journal is hosting a conversation about student assessment. Here's my contribution.

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Why Great Teachers Matter to Low Income Students

"Consider the recent national math scores of fourth- and eighth-graders, which show startling differences among results for low-income African American students in different cities. In Boston, Charlotte, New York and Houston, these fourth-graders scored 20 to 30 points higher than students in the same socioeconomic gro...

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i3 Reviews

Had five conversations about i3 in the last 24 hours: ...

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Read Friedman on Start Ups

Please read Tom Friedman’s post on start ups.  Here’s the ...

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Rodel-Backed Plan Wins in DE

There were lots of people scratching their head about Delaware’s ...

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RttT: The Work Ahead

With only two winners (thanks for holding the bar high ...

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