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Close 5000 Schools in Five Years ...
This week President Obama proposed closing and reopening 1000 failing schools per year for the next five years. Where did this come from! Officially the notion was floated by Secretary Duncan while ma… more →
Learning is More Than A Test Score
Close 5000 Schools in Five Years ...
Bob Murphy wrote 1 month ago: This week President Obama proposed closing and reopening 1000 failing schools per year for the next … more →
Yes We Can ... But Will We
Bob Murphy wrote 2 months ago: On several occasions I ‘ve expressed optimism that we would have the opportunity to rethink th … more →
New Secretary Treated Kindly ...
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Bob Murphy wrote 5 months ago: I watched the Duncan hearing when it became available on the committee website . In a little over tw … more →
Duncan Hearing Today
Bob Murphy wrote 5 months ago: First let me apologize for a long gap in posting. Family matters have required me to turn my attenti … more →
Arne Duncan Gets Obama Nod for Secretary of Education
Bob Murphy wrote 6 months ago: After several weeks of bickering on the blogosphere and in the print media, much of which seemed to … more →
Hope and Despair for Education
Bob Murphy wrote 7 months ago: Each week seems to bring more bad news. For New England, economists this week predicted that our t … more →
Hope Trumps Fear
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Bob Murphy wrote 8 months ago: I am still bleary eyed from a late night of watching returns. The politics of hope was victorious ov … more →
Education and the Next president Debate
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Bob Murphy wrote 8 months ago: Here are some video excerpts posted by Ed Week from the debate at Teachers College Columbia earlier … more →
Recession Will Soon Reach the Schoolhouse Door
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Bob Murphy wrote 8 months ago: It is Benjamin Franklin who said, “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. … more →
Gov. Palin Departs from Script and McCain on Education
Bob Murphy wrote 9 months ago: It was disappointing that Gwen Eiffel did not see fit to ask about education. We did get a few insig … more →
What Can We Really Learn From Testing? Ask Daniel Koretz
Bob Murphy wrote 9 months ago: A lot less than most people think. Earlier this week the American Enterprise Institute held a forum … more →
Civic Engagement: New Achievement Gap
Bob Murphy wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday, September 17, aside from being one of the darkest days on Wall Street in recent memory wa … more →
NCLB Missing from the 2008 Republican Platform
Bob Murphy wrote 10 months ago: Maybe I have too much time on my hands, but as promised last week, I have read the 2008 Republican … more →
Education and the Democratic Platform
Bob Murphy wrote 10 months ago: Excitement is in the air in Denver for Democrats. When Hillary Clinton graciously moved that Barack … more →
David Brooks (NYT): Joins the Ranks of Flip Floppers?
Bob Murphy wrote 11 months ago: This morning I was pleasantly surprised to see that David Brooks has concluded that what happens to … more →
Can We Talk About Poverty
Bob Murphy wrote 11 months ago: Mid-summer seems to bring a well-deserved hiatus in education policy circles, but bloggers are relen … more →
Obama and McCain Address NAACP
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Bob Murphy wrote 11 months ago: It seemed to me as mentioned in an earlier post that the candidates appearances before the delegates … more →
Two Largest Teacher Unions - Two New Presidents
Bob Murphy wrote 11 months ago: Sam Dillon of the New York Times wrote a piece this morning about soon to be new president of the AF … more →
Lines are Being Drawn on Education
Bob Murphy wrote 12 months ago: Last weekend the National Education Association gave its endorsement to Barak Obama. The candidate a … more →
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