Tag: Kool-Aid

• Is the Impact of Charters Schools on Achievement a Big Lie?

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  September 30, 2014

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  Charter Schools

  I have been called a charter school “lover” and a charter school “hater” in the same week. Are both true? Neither? I think we as a society must be pragmatic on charters. I recently had a conversation with my grandmother, who was a lifelong educator at a middle school in Saginaw, Michigan. She explained to…

  

• A Roundup: Lean Times, Kool-Aid, and Teach For America

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  November 30, 2012

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  Teach For America

  I recently had a question emailed to me about TFA from a major network producer. I don’t want to give away her story angle, so I won’t share the email here. Anyways, she inspired this post. When I first moved to Texas in 1999, I was invited to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. As…