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Lynne Graziano on the hard choices about leaving or staying in the classroom. Make sure to start your day at TopSheet to get a jump on the key education news around the sector. CRPE on school choice markets in theory and in practice. Department of odd couples: Jonah Edelman and Randi Weingarten on vouchers and …

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I talked with Ron Ottinger of STEM Next about STEM, equity, and what he wants to see happen. Non-discriminatory laws are key to a dynamic business climate these days – but so are great public schools and some choice for parents amongst them. The Richmond Times-Dispatch makes that point in relation to the veto of …

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So apparently Ben Carson will run education for Donald Trump? Well, when Campbell Brown of The 74 asked him about education he said,  “Campbell, I think no child should be left behind.” OK then… Meanwhile, in actual school improvement goings on, a lot on charters: Here’s a new NACPS report on the health of the charter movement. A …

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Whiteboard Advisors/EdSurge webinar next week on what ESSA is all about. RSVP here. Cami Anderson made news when she said that education reform has made things worse. Actually, no. What she said was that reform has not put a dent in the school-to-prison pipeline or possibly made that problem worse. Her remarks were taken out of …

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It was 30 years ago today that the Challenger lifted off from Florida – with New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard as one of the seven astronauts on that mission. President Reagan: There’s a coincidence today. On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. …

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I wrote about Cami Anderson’s pathbreaking work in New York City for USN in ’09.  She’s still at it and The Times points to one of her successes.

The strike is on in LA. It’s about bigger political agendas than the district (national narratives, political ambitions of people involved, etc…) and so the district’s situation is getting lost. Remember, from 2001-2016 expenditures in LAUSD are up 55%, but salaries and wages 24%. That’s in large part because spending on benefits are up 138% …

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Some education types on this list of women changing Silicon Valley – including New Schools alums Wayee Chu and Jennifer Carolan of Reach Capital.  ICYMI – concerns about the NAEP modality with the shift to digital. NAGB says they’re on top of it, a lot of skepticism out there that goes beyond just state chiefs complaining. …

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Bonnie O’Keefe on leadership turnover. Pennsylvania has a lot of roller coasters, Chad Aldeman on the one you don’t want to ride. Cami Anderson with an open edu letter to the Trump team. The education reform sector seems to be breaking into three factions over Donald Trump’s presidency: 1) Don’t do anything with Trump’s administration. …

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Shortchanging rural students? When you look at rural education data you often see a discrepancy. Graduation rates are higher than for other schools but post-secondary attainment for students is worse. Jenn Schiess and I decided to take a deeper look to see what’s going on. We have a paper out on the issue now, part …

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