Arlene Ackerman, Veteran Superintendent, Dies at 66
Ackerman was one of the nation's best-known and longest-serving urban school leaders, serving as superintendent in three major school systems. Read Full Post >
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February 03, 2013
January 13, 2013
Smart Cities: San Francisco
The Bay Area is unquestionably the world's leading innovation hub--and that includes learning. Ten years ago it was all about Silicon Valley, but recently Oakland emerged as an edreform hotspot. Read Full Post >
August 22, 2012
One Step Forward, One Step Back For Students With Disabilities?
After 13 years, many schools in San Francisco finally comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, but in Boston, parents lose in their efforts to press the district to improve the transition between early childhood and preschool education for students with disabilities. Read Full Post >
March 09, 2012
Really, Rick?
"I'm Rick Hess, B@*#!" is in full-voice this week, at the level that can be provoked only by a discussion of the American Education Research Association. Now, admittedly, there's a fair amount worth mocking where education research is concerned, and Rick's previous skewerings of hypocrisy, sanctimon... Read Full Post >
