Friday, March 28, 2014

The Virtual Charles Barkley

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How is it that sometimes the subtlest thing can reveal a great truth? It's March Madness season and those ubiquitous basketball analyst...
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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Remarks at the Launch of "50 Myths & Lies ..."

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On Saturday, March 22, 2014, the edXchange initiative at the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education at Arizona State University held a public...
Monday, March 17, 2014

When is a remedial course not really a remedial course?

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On a recent visit to Massachusetts, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told a Boston Globe reporter that 40% of the state's high sc...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Myth 8. Want to find the best high schools in America? Ask Newsweek or U.S. News.

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The print media regularly mine gold. Rank anything from best to worst and some market niche is going to spend money to get to the results....
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Myth #51 The Common Core will save America.

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When David Berliner and I and our young Associates pulled together the 50 myths and lies that threaten America's public schools, we ig...
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Friday, March 7, 2014

Myth 7: Charter schools make all schools better.

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Myth 7. School choice and competition work to improve all schools. Vouchers, tuition tax credits, and charter schools inject competition int...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Myth 6. Home schooled children are better educated than those who attend regular public schools.

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Myth 6. Home schooled children are better educated than those who attend regular public schools. Sorry. No evidence to support this myth wh...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Myth 5. Cyber schools are the wave of the future.*

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Myth 5. Cyberschools are an efficient, cost-saving, and highly effective means of delivering education. Sorry, not quite. In the past deca...
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Saturday, March 1, 2014

50 Myths & Lies: Charter schools. Public or private?

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David Berliner and I have joined with 15 bright young PhDs to expose 50 of the myths & lies that are threatening our nation’s public sch...
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Friday, February 28, 2014

50 Myths & Lies that Threaten America's Public Schools

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David Berliner and I have joined with 15 bright young PhDs to expose 50 of the myths & lies that are threatening our nation’s public sc...
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