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Can a Lawsuit Change a School System?
In my education law classes, I normally say no. Or at least not normally. And Jim Ryan at UVA law school has written that we should be skeptical that these efforts will work. This new report suggests … more →
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Higher education part 3: Opportunity of this crisis
Reuven Carlyle wrote 1 month ago: To me, higher education is the spirit and soul of our state’s love of learning. It is the core … more →
Can a Lawsuit Change a School System?
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James wrote 2 years ago: In my education law classes, I normally say no. Or at least not normally. And Jim Ryan at UVA law sc … more →
Latest Reading: 1) Graduation Rates and 2) Details on our Teacher Workforce
James wrote 2 years ago: The Quick and the Ed has the latest on 2 important new reports. Ed Trust exposes how little states p … more →
Fixing D.C. Schools
James wrote 2 years ago: Johnetta Rose Barras nails this. The facts: Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee tells a tale about a to … more →
Kids Don't Have Textbooks and Supplies, Because They Are Stuck in the Basement!
James wrote 2 years ago: Want to get a sense of what new Chancellor Rhee is up against in D.C.? Turns out at my neighborhood … more →
Warning from Rhee--it's going to be about educating kids
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James wrote 2 years ago: I love that Michelle Rhee is going out and doing community meetings. According to my sources she was … more →
Summer School Should Matter More
James wrote 2 years ago: The research is mounting: it is simply insane to ignore the summer as we try to improve academic and … more →
More on the Progressive Solution: A Response to EdWize
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James wrote 2 years ago: Leo Casey over at EdWize has a thoughtful response to my recent post regarding the responsibility th … more →
Race, Class and the Progressive Solution
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James wrote 2 years ago: Kevin Carey and Sara Mead at The Quick and the Ed are addressing one of the fundamental questions th … more →
Why are DC Schools So Bad? It Must be the Bureaucracy
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James wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday I asked whether the Washington Post series was going to offer an answer as to why the D.C. … more →
Why are DC Schools So Bad?
James wrote 2 years ago: Today’s Washington Post begins a multi-part series examining the state of DC schools. Today … more →
After Mayoral Control: What Mayor Fenty, Vince Gray, and Victor Reinoso Should Say About Schools
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James wrote 2 years ago: It is increasingly apparent that the D.C. Council, chaired by Vince Gray, is going to give Mayor Fen … more →
Kate Boo on School Reform in Denver
James wrote 2 years ago: Kate Boo has a terrific article in the Jan. 15 New Yorker on the efforts of Michael Bennet to reform … more →
