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On testing opt-outs, seriously, why not? Many of my friends working in traditional public schools see allowing opt-outs as a big unravelling but not sure the alternative is all that sustainable (and I don’t see a tidal wave of opt-outs coming anyway). Besides, I’m not sure a lot more unbundling wouldn’t be positive for students. And …

Tragedy, Charters In NY & Ohio, Ellevation’s New Offering, Pere Whitmire, Brown Calls BS, And Was Gingrich Ahead Of His Time?

The transgendered North Carolina teen who made news as a homecoming king last year committed suicide earlier this week.  He was just 18. Did New York Chancellor Carmen Farina imply that it’s defensible that a public school has fewer than 10 percent of its kids proficient in math and reading? Yes, it looks like she …

Get In On The Ground Floor!

New CMO, led by Matt Candler (yes, he of “sucks less” fame as well as fish porn fame), called 4.0 schools.   Unique mission and geographic focus (Southeast US) and interesting operating plan.  You can learn more about opportunities there as well as read the business plan here. And they’re on YouTube, too!

Friday Fish Porn: Socially Responsible New Orleans Edition!

The Eduwife gambit worked! This enormous redfish, estimated to be 30 years old, was caught by the mother of James Willcox of Aspire Public Schools. And, that’s close enough to education for us! More importantly, the fish, known by close associates as “Big Red” has become the unofficial mascot for the Gulf Coast Challenge. New …