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Arne Duncan tells The Times that he’s starting to think about a big package of No Child Left Behind waivers (called “plan B”) because Congress isn’t acting. Ignore the overheated rhetoric neither the lack of action on NCLB or the waivers on the horizon are a big surprise. Two distinct issues here though: Turf and …

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Rick Hess sometimes goes off half-cocked but his warnings in this blog post are well worth heeding.

Don’t get so into PISA today (can Finland fight off Shanghai and maintain its preeminent edutourism status?) that you miss two other important reports with more immediate implications for the U.S.   First, The New Teacher Project looks at Race to the Top and lessons learned on the process.   And CRPE takes a look at how …

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