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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

8-6-14 Answer Sheet

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A lesson from South Korea: Student resistance to high-stakes testing
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said repeatedly that the United States isn’t as serious about educating its young people as the South Koreans. It’s just one of the many things he has said in comparing the U.S. public education system with that of other countries. But is South Korea really the country we should be […]




8-5-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Michelle Rhee has a new positionMichelle Rhee just got a new position. According to the Sacramento Bee she was just named interim board chairwoman of St. Hope Schools, a small group of Sacramento charter schools. The new position gives “Rhee a powerful new role in the charter school system founded by her husband, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.” But she isn’t […]by Valerie Strauss /