The Terrible Power of Dumb Ideas
In a canny act of preemptive self-parody, Tom Friedman begins today’s column as follows: I was at a conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, a few weeks ago and interviewed Craig Barrett, the former...
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Quick Hits is a short compilation of question-raising news stories, blog posts, and video clips that Education Sector team members are reading and viewing each day. The content of these Hits is not...
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DC Finally has Grad Rate Data, Now the Hard Work Begins
Michelle Obama at Anacostia High School's graduation in 2010 (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) I love a good headline. Yesterday DCist reported: ‘D.C. Schools’ Graduation Rate Falls,...
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“Dropout age raised by legislator who dropped out” … to join the circus. (h/t POLITICO’s Morning Education, Minneapolis Star Tribune) Irreplaceable. A new report finds that many teachers have a...
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