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REL N

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

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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.
Jonathan Becker

Dissent Magazine - Winter 2011 Issue - Got Dough? How Billion... - 4 views

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shared by Jonathan Becker on 19 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Jonathan Becker on 19 Mar 11
     
    This will be VERY relevant when we discuss the role of special interest groups...
  • Victoria Schnettler on 19 Mar 11
     
    There is no silver bullet...and everyone is looking for just one....money helps, that can't be denied, but until, as the author put it ...there is "hubris", it is all just a power play to be the one who "fixes it" - another addition to a CV or resume. Perhaps folks are looking for a legacy, that I can understand, but the politics of dissent will lead us nowhere.
  • stephlennon on 03 Apr 11
     
    Goodness gracious- what a mess! Training non-educators in six weekends- throwing money randomly at unresearched projects- coming up with a quick fix to cover up the quick fix that didn't work?!?!? What are they THINKING!?!?
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