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USA Today Covers Launch of Rethink Learning Now

Posted on September 8, 2009 | by Sam

Greg Toppo of the USA Today covered today’s launch of the Rethink Learning Now campaign. See what he had to say.

What Would Theo Do?

Posted on July 31, 2009 | by Sam

I’m a lifelong Red Sox fan, so as this year’s trading deadline approaches, I’m wondering once again what Theo Epstein, the GM of my beloved Boston Red Sox, will do to improve his team’s chances of winning their third championship in six years — after not winning one for eighty-six. I’m also a lifelong public […]

Why Send My Son to Public School?

Posted on July 17, 2009 | by Sam

Earlier this week, Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced the latest hopeful sign for D.C.’s public schools – a spike in citywide student reading and math scores. “We’re thrilled at the progress we’ve made this year,” said Rhee. “We still have an incredibly long way to go.” I’m grateful for the early improvements in the D.C. […]

Our Children Deserve Democratic Schools

Posted on July 2, 2009 | by Sam

A few years ago, a reporter in Columbia, South Carolina asked local elementary school children why America celebrates the Fourth of July. Most of the answers were predictably personal. To eat hot dogs, said one boy. To watch fireworks, a girl answered. Another child thought we all celebrated the Fourth of July because it was […]

Will We Do What it Takes to Improve Public Eduication?

Posted on June 26, 2009 | by Sam

Want to imagine a different path to improving public education in this country? Take my 15-minute challenge.

We’re Pursuing the Wrong Set of Standards

Posted on June 25, 2009 | by Sam

With $100 billion to spend in the next two years, the Obama administration means business when it talks about reshaping the public education system. Why, then, is it ignoring some of the business community’s best insights when it comes to core questions of how to spark systems change? There’s a disconnect between what the administration […]

55 Years Later, Doesn’t Every Child Deserve a High-Quality Education?

Posted on May 17, 2009 | by Sam

Today America marks the 55th anniversary of Thurgood Marshall’s historic victory in Brown v. Board of Education. If Marshall were alive, however, he would urge us to stop celebrating 1954 and start accepting responsibility for our complicity in the creation of a “separate but equal” education apartheid system – with one method of instruction for […]