Tag: Linda Darling-Hammond

• For Each and Every Child: A New Nation At-Risk Report for 2013?

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  March 9, 2013

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  Early Childhood, School Finance, Teacher Quality

  Is the new Nation At-Risk report for our decade here? The For Each and Every Child report was released at the end of February by the Equity and Excellence Commission, a congressionally mandated group. The Washington Post reported that there was disagreement amongst the committee members on the framing of the report— pitting making a sales pitch…

  

• Forward: Appoint Linda Darling-Hammond

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  November 15, 2012

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  Announcements

  In a recent Salon article, Dr. Bill Ayers was asked what he would recommend for Obama’s second term, here is what he said: Fire Arne Duncan and appoint Linda Darling-Hammond as Secretary of Education. This would signal a significant break with the most destructive aspects of the failed “school reform” agenda this administration has promoted: turning public…