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Showing posts with label Arne Duncan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arne Duncan. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Who said it?















In honor of all those who think that "irreplaceable" teachers can be created by putting some "best and brightest" twenty-two year-olds through a few weeks of training, we offer a multiple-choice quiz.  

Who said the following? 
There is nothing that training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach or below it. It can turn bad morals to good, good morals to bad; it can destroy principles, it can re-create them; it can debase angels to men and lift men to angelship. And it can do any one of these miracles in a year -- even in six months.
a. Michelle Rhee  
b. Wendy Kopp
c. Mark Twain 
d. Arne Duncan

Click here for the answer. 


Monday, August 22, 2011

THE WEEK'S LINKS 8/21-27/2011

* Two Teachers and a Microphone rap Arne Duncan and nominate Diane Ravitch for Secretary of Education. accountabletalk.com


* 1,040 Teachers in the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) as of August 19, 2011. nytimes.com


* A New Approach to School Discipline: Criminal Prosecution.
joannejacobs.com


* Due to budget cuts, a record number of teachers have been in the Absent Teacher Reserve this summer.  wnyc.org


* Bloomberg's two-pronged attack on working mothers, at Bloomberg LLP and at the DOE.  New York City Eye


* More reports of cheating on standardized tests in NYC.  NY Daily News


* Charter schools admit it: they have fewer English Language Learners and fewer children with disabilities.  NY Daily News


* The ATR crisis grows, together with class sizes.  Chaz's School Daze