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9-28-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue - What Happens When Education Serves the Economy?

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What Happens When Education Serves the Economy?

By Anthony Cody. The post I wrote a month ago, critiquing Marc Tucker’s “new accountability system” has opened up a long overdue discussion of the economic foundations and goals of 21st century education reform. In his two responses, to myself and Diane Ravitch, and to Yong Zhao, Tucker has chosen to only defend his plan’s use of tests. He has thus far ignored the economic questions that were rais


9-27-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue
Home | Living in Dialogue:Long Shadow Report: Strong Schools Require Strong CommunitiesBy Paul Horton. An important new study, The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood by Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson, casts doubt on the current policy push to starve neighborhood public schools and fund charter schools that are not connected t