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Diane Ravitch, please stop distorting the origins of the parent trigger

by Gloria Romero Diane Ravitch, are you listening? This is former state Sen. Gloria Romero calling. I am the author...

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redefinED blog stars: The problem with vouchers, with teacher tantrums, with Parents Across America and more

Editor's note: Here's our latest round-up of interesting stuff from other ed blogs. Rick Hess Straight Up: Self-Pitying Tantrums Are Poor Way...

reimaginED staff

New report finds many academic trend lines rising in Florida's public schools

Florida’s public schools were handed another solid but overlooked report card this week from another respected, independent source. The 27-page, data-stuffed, “Decade...

Science literacy, the Loch Ness Monster and the evolution of public education

What’s more off the wall? A Christian school teaching students that the Loch Ness Monster is a living dinosaur and...

More customization in public education can ease tensions over testing, accountability

Discussions about how best to improve student learning often get contentious, so at redefinED we try to make a positive...

Zelman's significance grows as school choice battles rage on

Editor's note: This is the second of two posts we're running this week to commemorate the landmark U.S. Supreme Court...

Peter H. Hanley

Zelman was a step forward; now empower all parents to choose

Editor's note: This is the first of two post we're running this week to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the...

Charter school report highlights selective scrutiny of parental choice programs

A federal report released this week found charter schools in most states enroll a lower percentage of students with disabilities...

It matters that Obama is wrong on school vouchers

The Washington Post's Jay Mathews mused last month about the similarities between the education platforms of President Obama and Mitt Romney,...

With education reform, we can walk and chew gum at the same time

If there were any doubt that Democratic presidential politics drove the Obama administration’s decision Monday to keep D.C. Opportunity Scholarships...

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