Category Archives: Education

Baruch Students Win Journalism Award for Cuba Reporting

Posted on March 18, 2016 by aagabor

My day job, when I’m not blogging or reporting on education reform, is teaching journalism at Baruch College/CUNY. Last January, I had my single greatest teaching experience when I led a group of 11 students to Cuba. Now, I’m incredibly … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Cuba, Education | Tagged award, Baruch College, Best in Business, Cuba, diversity, entrepreneurism, journalism, President Obama, Raul Castro, SABEW | Leave a comment

Is Politics–Not School Improvement–Behind Brockton’s New Charter?

Posted on February 27, 2016 by aagabor

Who doesn’t love a charter school? From Newark to New Orleans, and Washington D.C. to Atlanta, charter schools are seen as the magic bullet not just for curing much of what ails public education, but for transforming poor communities themselves. … Continue reading →

Posted in Brockton, MA, Charter Schools, Education, Uncategorized | Tagged Adams scholarship, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, brockton high, Cape Verde, Education reform, English language learners, Governor Charlie Baker, Haiti, International Baccalaureate, Massachusetts Board of Education, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, Massachusetts Education Reform Act, Michael Sullivan, New Heights Charter School, Qunicy College, special needs, Szachowicz | 4 Comments

Inside Success Academy: Nose Pressed to the Window Pane

Posted on December 9, 2015 by aagabor

On Monday, 28 educators gathered in the Bronx, for one of the hottest tickets in town, a tour of a Success Academy school. I was supposed to be there, having received an email notifying me that I was among the … Continue reading →

Posted in Charter Schools, Education | Tagged apprenticeship model, Baruch College, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bronx 1, charter schools, class size, CUNY, Diane Ravitch, Education reform, Eva Moskowitz, Jonathan Alter, KIPP, lead teacher, New York City Collaborates, PBS, smart board, special education, Success Academy, The Camel Dances | 13 Comments

One More Time, NYC Charters Don’t Outperform Publics

Posted on October 7, 2015 by aagabor

Gary Rubinstein, an education blogger and math teacher at New York City’s Stuyvesant high school, has just posted a terrific analysis of Big Apple charter-school and public-school performance, showing once again that charters do not outperform publics–with one exception, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Charter Schools, Education | Tagged charter schools, charters, Common Core, Democracy Prep, economic need, ELA, English language learners, Gary Rubenstein, Harlem Children's Zone, KIPP, math, Richard Whitmire, Success Academy, tests, The Equity Project | 2 Comments

First Ever Deming Education Conference

Posted on October 5, 2015 by aagabor

As regular readers of this blog know, my first book, The Man Who Discovered Quality, was about W. Edwards Deming, the management guru who helped transform Japanese industry after World War II–the Toyota Production System was developed in collaboration with Deming–and … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Quality Management, W. Edwards Deming | Tagged continuous improvement, Deming, Deming Institute, Education reform, Japanese Lesson Study, Quality Management, statistical theory, Toyota, Toyota Production System, variation | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Education

Baruch Students Win Journalism Award for Cuba Reporting

Is Politics–Not School Improvement–Behind Brockton’s New Charter?

Inside Success Academy: Nose Pressed to the Window Pane

One More Time, NYC Charters Don’t Outperform Publics

First Ever Deming Education Conference

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