Category Archives: Education

Cudos for Recent Article on “Bar” Exam for Teachers

Posted on March 18, 2013 by aagabor

Last month, The Nation cited  “Will A ‘Bar’ Exam for Teachers Improve Student Performance?” at the top of its list of “favorite” articles, a list compiled by the magazine’s interns. The article was originally published in Gotham Gazette on January … Continue reading →

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A New Book By Wharton Professor Debunks the Skills Gap

Posted on March 16, 2013 by aagabor

Even at the peak of the Great Recession when the official unemployment rate in the United States neared double digits, it was an article of faith that the problem with the labor market wasn’t a shortage of jobs, but a … Continue reading →

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Windfall or Whipsaw: Will Funds from A Microsoft Settlement Help Cushion School Budget Cuts?

Posted on February 6, 2013 by aagabor

New York City schools may soon learn what it feels like to discover that a rich uncle you didn’t even know left you a tidy bequest. Amid a torrent of bad budget news in recent weeks, New York City schools … Continue reading →

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Rhee’s StudentsFirst Airs Prime-Time Ad for NYC Teacher Evaluations

Posted on December 14, 2012 by aagabor

Yesterday evening, when I turned on the TV for my very occasional Jeopardy fix, I thought I had time-traveled back to before the presidential election. There in prime time was a slick campaign commercial. But, instead of a Sheldon Adelson-funded … Continue reading →

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Is Louisiana Getting Ready to Test Toddlers?

Posted on November 11, 2012 by aagabor

Louisiana, which has become the national laboratory for bringing business-minded accountability to education—an effort that has come to full flower in New Orleans where charter schools educate close to 90 percent of its students—is turning its accountability lens onto publicly … Continue reading →

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