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Tag Archives: education
The Mixed Public Perceptions of The Experiment
The full report is here [PDF] and not very long…. The first finding is pretty easy—even if you are dogmatically opposed to the privatization of public schools, if the choice is between a “failing” operator and a new one, you’d … Continue reading
Posted in Excerpts/Quotes, N.O. brought to you by G B., NO Schools
Tagged BESE (Board of Elementary and Secondary Education-LA), charter schools, education, New Orleans public schools, new orleans schools, Orleans Parish School Board, public education, public schools, race, Recovery School District, school choice, Scott Cowen Institute for Public School Initiatives
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Voucher Stumble
CenLamar: Jindal’s Scheme to Defund Public Schools In Order to Enrich Religious Schools Ruled Unconstitutional Less than 24 hours later, Kelley ruled that Jindal’s voucher program is unconstitutional. Period. I’ve read some commentary that suggests vouchers weren’t “unconstitutional,” only the way … Continue reading
Choice, Choice, Choice and Choice: 2
Another concern in the reshuffling and unshuffling of schools post-Floods is special education. When schools can pick and choose their students and are judged on test scores and attendance, why not limit the number of students who need the most … Continue reading
Education Is Not a “Business”
The more time you spend in school, the more you see the influence of business practices. … The corporate bible Good to Great sits on the bookshelf of nearly every principal, and a lot of Stephen Covey gets quoted at … Continue reading
Posted in Educate, Excerpts/Quotes
Tagged education, Good to Great and the Social Sectors (book)
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Stumble, Trip, Fall, Quit
When I was teaching, I thought that many of my students’ ideas about and impressions of teachers came from childhood and had that veneer of invisibility parenting has when you’re on the receiving end–clean clothes appear in drawers, cooked food … Continue reading
A G Bitch Education
I was “lucky” enough, much of my life, to go to school with rich/privileged kids, mostly white kids, in magnet schools and a just-a-block-from-the-Ivy-League college. It wasn’t given to me. I was no charity case or bottom of the bell … Continue reading
Posted in About a Bitch, Educate, Floats You Missed
Tagged education, private education, public education
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