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Image of Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, Updated Edition
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Archive for October 26th, 2009

Missing the Point

UCLA professor Mike Rose offers a thoughtful piece on the current trajectory of education reform in Washington that is well worth your time, however I am afraid that he ends up missing the elephant in the room. He begins with a thorough detailing of the charter school and accountability fetishes that provides a good summary [...]