Tag: New York Times

• ELs: Transformational power of policy, access, and equality

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  June 26, 2013

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  Accountability, Community-Based Accountability, English Language Learners, High-Stakes Testing

  The New York Times wrote yesterday in Beyond Black and White, New Force Reshapes South The states with the highest growth in the Latino population over the last decade are in the South, which is also absorbing an influx of people of all races moving in from other parts of the country. This figure from the…

  

• The Teat: Teach For America— Expensive & Convincing Inequity

  3–5 minutes

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  February 4, 2013

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  School Finance, Teach For America, The Teat

  As I wrote in the New York Times, Teach for America is a temp agency. There is no way around it— despite inspiring conversations you have with their employees, their glossy brochures, and feel good stories you see in print and on television. It doesnt matter if you look at TFA in California, Texas, etc.…