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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Diane in the Evening 6-18-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Michael Feuer: The Flaws of the NCTQ Report

Some in the mainstream media have given credence to the report of the Nationsl Council on Teacher Education about teacher preparation. They should have talked to some of the institutions that were graded before venturing an opinion.
In this post, Dean Michael Feuer of the George Washington University School of Education explains how far wrong the report was about his school, its programs, and its students.

Robert Skeels Attends a pRev Meet and Greet

Robert Skeels attended a “meet and greet” sponsored by pRev (the organization formerly known as Parent Revolution). Read what he learned as he socialized with those who are prepared to close down 50 public schools in Los Angeles. Why? Well, firing people makes better schools. Or does it?

The New BTA Association: Are You One?

I received the following communication and think it will appeal to some readers of this blog.
Your move.

Dr. Ravitch – Dr. Mark Naison began a Facebook page as a “joke” a few weeks ago of Teachers he felt were “badasses” in fighting corporate reform.  He invited me to join right away :)  I did.  When I joined we had 70 Badass Teachers.  We did a recruiting day beginning on Sunday as a joke for Badass Teacher of the Month.  We conducted the recruiting for 1 hour on Sunday beginning at 4.  We went from 200 members at 2:00 to 1000 

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-18-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] How Pennsylvania Betrayed Its Schools by dianerav This commentary was written by a retired superintendent of schools. Pennsylvania’s Tragic Betrayal of its Public Schools By Joseph Batory, Former Superintendent of Schools, Upper Darby School District, Drexel Hill, PA With regard to the inadequate funding of Philadelphia Public Schools, the city’s politicians have been and continue to lacking in political courage and moral fiber. Far too many of them are much too se... more »