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Students to Spend More Time in School: Is this a Sentence?

The Associated Press reported that five states will add at least 300 hours of time to the school year in program that will involve about 40 schools.  Is a longer day in school a good thing?  Will it be more of the same, that is teaching to the test, or will we see...

How do You Defeat an Army of Determined Educators? You Don’t?

Guest Post by Anthony Cody This post was originally published on Anthony's blog Living in Dialog.  Follow him on Twitter at @AnthonyCod. The election of 2012 was a tough one for some who consider themselves "reformers" of education. Michael Petrilli, of...

How do You Defeat an Army of Determined Educators? You Don't?

Guest Post by Anthony Cody This post was originally published on Anthony's blog Living in Dialog.  Follow him on Twitter at @AnthonyCod. The election of 2012 was a tough one for some who consider themselves "reformers" of education. Michael Petrilli, of...

Congressional Leaders Refuse to Answer Science Questions

ScienceDebate.org and Scientific American asked 33 leaders of science-oriented congressional committees to respond to a set of 8 science, technology and education questions. Here is ScienceDebate.org's public release of the results of their inquiry. FOR IMMEDIATE...

Be On the Right Side of History

An Essay by the Teaching Georgia Writing Collective About the Collective: The Teaching Georgia Writing Collective is a group of educators, parents, and concerned citizens who engage in public writing and public teaching about education in Georgia. Some goals of...

A Tale of Two Cities

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...

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