Two Distressing Examples of Corporate Education Reform

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Rethinking Schools–My Wonderful Discovery for Today In 1986, as their website says, a group of Milwaukee area teacher had a vision.  Today, that vision of public education reform, of and for public schools, is embodied online through the Rethinking Schools … Continue reading

Startling New Poverty Data

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Low Income Students Now a Majority in the Nation’s Public Schools The Southern Education Foundation published (January, 2015) a report showing that low income students became the majority population in US schools in 2013.  From the report: “In 40 of … Continue reading

Education Is Not An Effective Poverty Program

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Why Not Evidence-Based Educational Policy? I’ve just discovered another writer who has impressed me with the first essay I’ve read.  Arthur Camins is the Director of the  Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology … Continue reading

PISA Scores and Poverty Rates

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Poverty’s impact on test scores is real I am a bit like a broken record when it comes to talking about poverty and test scores.  I’ve recently heard David Berliner talk about his book 50 Myths and Lies That Threaten … Continue reading