Somebody Explain This to Me
George Wood,
The Forum for Education, Democracy,
Jul 13, 2010
"Would somebody please explain to me why the new reform agenda is made up of so many unproven or failed strategies?" George Wood asks. "Everywhere I turn the mantra is the same-fire teachers, close schools, start charters. Even from people who should know better. One more thing, I also find it interesting that some of the more powerful pushers of these ideas are the so-called titans of Wall Street-the Broad Foundation, Bill Gates of late, and Democrats for Education Reform (a bunch of well-funded venture capitalists). Hey, private capital did such a great job with the economy (and oil wells) why not turn over our public schools to them?" Related: the Rethink Learning Now education advocacy toolkit. This is an excellent resource full of statistics, voting records, resources and strategies.
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