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Lawrence: City of the Scammed
Ground zero for edu-shysterism in Massachusetts these days is the City of Lawrence. In order to solve its many problems, new teachers must be imported into Lawrence, preferably teachers who know...
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A Happy, Good News Story
In which we visit one of my all-time favorite programs and learn the surprising reason for its success A student in the Andover Bread Loaf writing program in Lawrence shares her work. It’s field trip...
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Data Drives the Bus (Over a Cliff)
And some parents say *enough* to a district’s assessment craze… It’s field trip time and today we’re headed to the scenic seaside community of Salem, Massachusetts. When last we stopped by to *discover...
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*I Am Not Tom Brady*
Why are urban teachers being trained to be robots? By Amy Berard *Give him a warning,* said the voice through the earpiece I was wearing. I did as instructed, speaking in the emotionless monotone I’d...
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Not a Second To Waste
Fast-growing UP Education Network has an innovative approach to educating low-income students that starts with not wasting a second of valuable learning time… Editor’s note: UP Education Network...
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Have You Heard road trips to Lawrence, Massachusetts to hear what students have to say… On a frosty spring Saturday (does New England have any other kind???), Have You Heard co-creator Aaron French and...
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Third Way or the Highway
The future of education reform in Massachusetts requires mis-remembering its past… Since 1635, Massachusetts has been known for its district public schools—the *first way.* Since 1993, Massachusetts’...
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The System Works*
If schools produce dramatic gains but leave students feeling scared, and scarred, are they still successful? An eighth grader poses some tough questions… Traumatized. That’s the word my friends and I...
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Lawrence: City of the Scammed
TweetGround zero for edu-shysterism in Massachusetts these days is the City of Lawrence. In order to solve its many problems, new teachers must be imported into Lawrence, preferably teachers who know...
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A Happy, Good News Story
TweetIn which we visit one of my all-time favorite programs and learn the surprising reason for its success A student in the Andover Bread Loaf writing program in Lawrence shares her work. It’s field...
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Data Drives the Bus (Over a Cliff)
TweetAnd some parents say *enough* to a district’s assessment craze… It’s field trip time and today we’re headed to the scenic seaside community of Salem, Massachusetts. When last we stopped by to...
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*I Am Not Tom Brady*
TweetWhy are urban teachers being trained to be robots? By Amy Berard *Give him a warning,* said the voice through the earpiece I was wearing. I did as instructed, speaking in the emotionless monotone...
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Not a Second To Waste
TweetFast-growing UP Education Network has an innovative approach to educating low-income students that starts with not wasting a second of valuable learning time… Editor’s note: UP Education Network...
View ArticleIf You Have a Voice, Use It
TweetHave You Heard road trips to Lawrence, Massachusetts to hear what students have to say… On a frosty spring Saturday (does New England have any other kind???), Have You Heard co-creator Aaron...
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Third Way or the Highway
Tweet The future of education reform in Massachusetts requires mis-remembering its past… Since 1635, Massachusetts has been known for its district public schools—the *first way.* Since 1993,...
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The System Works*
TweetIf schools produce dramatic gains but leave students feeling scared, and scarred, are they still successful? An eighth grader poses some tough questions… Traumatized. That’s the word my friends...
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Change a School’s Structure, Change the World: An Exchange
TweetIn which Empower School’s Brett Alessi and I go back and forth about whether the Springfield Empowerment Zone is *all that*… Editor’s note: I recently wrote about the much-hyped Springfield...
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