Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig

• Accountability: California, the land of local control— wait, what?!

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  February 11, 2013

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  Accountability, Community-Based Accountability

  I have discussed a Community-Based Accountability approach since September 2012 here on Cloaking Inequity. California, land of where the government micromanages everything the land of local control— wait, what?! has announced a form of Community-Based Accountability in trailer legislation and tied it to school finance (Thanks to Kevin Welner for the heads-up). For extensive description…

  

• Maya Angelou

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  February 11, 2013

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  Wisdom

  When you know better you do better.

  

• Accountability Lecture: Julian Vasquez Heilig @ NYU Feb. 27

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  February 10, 2013

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  Accountability, Announcements

  On February 27 I will be in New York City to give a lecture entitled “Accountability: What Was, Is, and Could Be” at New York University in Pless Hall Rm. 634 from 3:30-5. I will discuss the birth of accountability, then a concise of mixed method research on the efficacy of the current form of…

  

• Public Enemy

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  February 10, 2013

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  Wisdom

  Make everybody see, in order to fight the powers that be.

  

• When you think of school choice— what comes to mind?

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  February 9, 2013

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  Accountability, African Americans, Charter Schools, Dropout, English Language Learners, High-Stakes Testing, Higher Education Access, KIPP, Latina/os, School Finance, Standards, Teach For America, Teacher Quality, Vouchers

  When you think of school choice, what comes to mind? Vouchers? Charters? Intra- and Inter- district choice? Magnet schools? Today I received a forwarded email request from a senator that was gathering information in response to pressure for “school choice” bills at the Texas Legislature. I have been pondering “school choice,” and why it is…