Blog - Citizen Jack's Mud Creek Chronicles

The Druid Hills Charter Cluster: In Whose Interest?

by Jack Hassard | Oct 24, 2013 | Charter Schools, Reform

Latest Story The Druid Hills Charter Cluster (DHCC) proposal has come under scrutiny by the DeKalb...

The Race to Top P-20 Data System: Is it Petrology or Pedagogy?

by Jack Hassard | Oct 22, 2013 | Race to the Top

Every state that was a winner in the Race to the Top (RT3) has millions of dollars to develop a P-12 Longitudinal Data System (LDS). And sure enough, our friends over at Achieve, developed RT3 primers that states could use to...

Do MOOCS Serve Schools or Corporations?

by Jack Hassard | Oct 18, 2013 | Higher Education, Technology

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) seem to be following the historical trend of our infatuation...

Georgia's Race to the Top: Follow the Money

by Jack Hassard | Oct 15, 2013 | Race to the Top, School Closures, Turnaround Schools

In 2010 the Georgia Department of Education received ~$400 million from the Race to the Top (RT3)...

How Georgia Could Turn Around Turnaround Schools

by Jack Hassard | Oct 12, 2013 | School Closures, Teacher Education, Turnaround Schools

Georgia, like other states, has identified schools whose students and teachers have been labeled...

Georgia’s Turnaround Plan: Hire TFA and TNTP Cadets

by Jack Hassard | Oct 9, 2013 | Race to the Top, Reform, Teach for America, Teacher Education

Like all states that were winners in the Race to the Top (RT3) competition, Georgia’s scope of work entails four “project” areas: (1) standards and assessment (2) data systems (3) great teachers and leaders and...

Is the Purpose of Education Economic Development? The State of Georgia Says Yes.

by Jack Hassard | Oct 6, 2013 | Politics, Reform, School Closures

Which of the following is the most important purpose of education in Georgia? to prepare students...

Georgia’s Governor Deal & Superintendent Barge Need to Think Differently

by Jack Hassard | Oct 3, 2013 | Politics, Reform

Political and corporate reformers claim that American schools and students have been left in the dust by schools and students in other counties. The claim is based on faulty international and state achievement test analyses. And...