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Welcome, again, to another edition of our semi-regular feature, What We’re Reading. Today, June 16, this is what we’re reading over here at the IQEE: The Louisiana Senate passed a bill that would allow traditional, district-run schools to apply for … Continue reading
We’re going to start running this feature in the afternoons rather than the mornings, to give you all some evening/early morning reading if you want it. So here it is, the inaugural afternoon edition of What We’re Reading:
Yet another beautiful morning here in New Orleans, and yet another edition of “What We’re Reading”, our increasingly sporadic digest of local and national education news. So here, this is what we’re reading today:
We’ve kind of let this feature fall by the wayside of late. I want to get back to it, especially today, because there’s quite a bit out there worth reading. Usually, I tend to focus on equity issues, like equitable … Continue reading
Here’s what we’re reading today: There’s been a lot of talk lately about whether or not school turnarounds are a successful reform model. The Brookings Institution recently put out their 2009 “Brown Center Report on American Education”, in which former … 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
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
This will be a semi-regular review of news, blogs, etc., that we found interesting and that maybe you will, too. So in our inaugural installment, here’s what we’re reading: Yesterday, Bob Herbert of the NY Times had an op-ed describing … Continue reading
