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12-15-13 Ed Notes Online

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Ed Notes Reprint, Nov. 2007: Welch, Tweed, Farina, and Creative Destruction
Thanks to Tim-Parent's comment at Gotham for digging up this ednotes piece from November 14, 2007, with discussion over a 2003 Carmen Farina quote in Businessweek that seemed to support the Jack Welch philosophy. But in 2007 Farina clarifies what she said with this:Farina's comment posted on the listserve Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007:"Complacency is not the same as complicity in how to evaluate scho

12-15-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Change the Stakes end of year meeting - Tuesday 12/17, 5:30Join what promises to be a lively discussion about the issues and how we – as parents, teachers and students – can respond individually and collectively.....Change the Stakes Press Conference re: City Council Resolution on High-Stakes Testing - On December 9th, Change the Stakes participated in a press conference held on t