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REL N

Jeb Bush Finds New Role as Education Adviser - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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ADMS707 Niemeyer Broad & Gates

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  • One out of five state school superintendents have joined a group that his national foundation created, Chiefs for Change, to rally behind a common agenda.
  • Mr. Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. The nonprofit group received contributions of $2.9 million in 2009, from the foundations of Bill Gates and Eli Broad, among others, and for-profit education technology companies.
  • By eighth grade, Florida students begin to lose their advantage on the NAEP, and by 12th grade, they fall behind national averages.
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  • Skeptics point out that other changes could explain the improvements in test scores. In 2002, voters passed one of the nation’s most ambitious class-size reduction plans, over the objections of Mr. Bush. School financing, including for reading coaches, also rose.
  • REL N on 27 Apr 11
     
    Gerard Robinson (the Secretary of Education in Virginia) joined Chiefs for Change... along with a number of other governors from the south. Oh, yes and Chris Christy.
Roger Mancastroppa

EBSCOhost: Two Viewpoints. - 0 views

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adms707 education reform policy philosophy Gates Foundation

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  • Roger Mancastroppa on 03 Apr 11
     
    "Like Gates, we feel the US must address the inadequacies in our education system, specifically those that propagate inequalities in our society. However, we caution using global competitiveness as an impetus for education reform - not because we do not believe in maintaining our forward thinking leadership role on the world stage. But rather because such language edges education dangerously close to being about the production of a marketable workforce serving corporate interests instead of about the cultivation of a critically thinking global citizenry serving the advancement of humanity. In place of the language of competition, we would suggest a language of equal opportunity and cooperation."
Roger Mancastroppa

EBSCOhost: Movers and Shakers, Then and Now. - 0 views

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adms707 education reform Gates Foundation NEAP NCLB

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  • Roger Mancastroppa on 03 Apr 11
     
    Evaluation of recent Ed Week survey about most influential players in ed policy/reform.
Roger Mancastroppa

Obama bashes his own education policies - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post - 0 views

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adms707 education reform money Gates Foundation

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  • Roger Mancastroppa on 03 Apr 11
     
    Obama is critical of his own education policies which means he probably didn't fully support them to begin with. This offers a look into how policy is formed.
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