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Monthly Archives: March 2010
There’s a lot going on right now, both at the national and local levels, so let’s get down to it. You can see what we’re reading over at IQEE below the jump.
It’s always dangerous to make any kind of generalized assumption, but I will confess to assuming that most of those reading this blog have heard the news that Louisiana is one of 16 finalists for the $4 billion funding pie … Continue reading
There has been a lot of talk this week about former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch’s new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System. Both Steve Inskeep’s article for NPR and Chester Finn’s book review … Continue reading
Let’s start out with the local front: The prosecutors in the case of former Orleans Parish School Board member Ellenese Brooks-Sims suggested that Brooks-Sims should receive a shorter sentence because she cooperated in the case against Mose Jefferson. Jefferson was … Continue reading
I’m working the front desk at my paying job when my friend Jesse stops by to chat. Jesse is working on getting his teacher’s certification through Tulane’s alternative preparation program and has been volunteering at local charter schools in New … Continue reading
Good morning, New Orleans and others. After a relaxing but all-too-short weekend, here’s what we’re reading: Jay Mathews in the Washington Post writes in an op-ed that, while the system is far from perfect, many teachers actually like Washington D.C.’s … Continue reading
