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How to Fix Our Schools

Top urban educators publish improvement manifesto: performance-based employment, performance-based student progress, and a portfolio of options for families.

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Advancing Ohio's Credit Flexibility Plan

Ed Jones from the Open History Project recently exchanged some thoughtful emails with me. Here is an excerpt from a recent email, and a Prezi about Ohio's Credit Flexibility Plan. Jones will be presenting at next year's SXSW conference.

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On the Brink, but Of What?

This has been a remarkable week: Waiting for Superman premier, Education Nation on NBC, and a giant grant to a struggling district. What does it all mean?

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Education Nation: A Mostly Great First Effort for NBC

NBCs Education Nation highlighted the administration/edreformer alignment on teacher quality and charters and was a mostly great multi-channel first effort to wake up America.

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A Super Portfolio in Newark

Zuckerberg's breathtaking gift to Newark will require a super superintendent to build a portfolio of new schools

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Facebook CEO to Give US$100mln to Newark Schools

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is going to give US$100 million to Newark City Public Schools.

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Lumina Foundation: We Need to Get Moving

States must increase the number of college degrees awarded each year in the United States, every year, by a total of nearly 280,000 if the nation is to meet the Lumina Foundation for Education's goal of increasing the proportion of American adults with a college degree to 60 percent by 2025.

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