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What Randi Really Said and Meant

Diane Ravitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Ravitch

Last week, the press reported something that most teachers found unbelievable: Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, said that teachers should be evaluated by their students' test scores.

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Teachers Wanted: Our Ailing Education System Needs Quality Teachers with Staying Power

Karen Symms Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Symms Gallagher

A superb teacher can change a life for the better. A poor teacher, and worse, a series of poor teachers, can have a substantial negative impact on a child and that child's academic potential.

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Ayers On Arne Duncan: 'He's Obama's Ideological Soul Mate'

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 05.25.2011

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So how do a couple of ex-radical anti-war activists spend Memorial Day? Former "Weather Underground" activists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn held a...

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Will Arne Duncan Be the Bold Education Reformer Obama Needs?

John Affeldt | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Affeldt

Duncan just might prove to be a Secretary who can bridge the gap between the efficiency hawks and the broader/bolder reform advocates.

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Obama Education Pick Arne Duncan 'Poster Child For No Child Resistance'

This Week In Education | Alexander Russo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many educators will be happy to know that, under Arne Duncan Chicago was the poster child for districts resisting and criticizing the law. Others may...

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Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan's Track Record: Lofty Goals, Mixed Results

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp and John Meyers | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his seven years as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Arne Duncan has taken on a host of urban education policy challenges to varying degrees of succes...

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Arne Duncan Touted For Top Education Job By Current Secretary

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Schools CEO Arne Duncan is a "visionary" school leader who would make a "great choice" as the new U.S. Education Secretary, incumbent Secretar...

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Obama Education Pick Sparks Conflict

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has not signaled what he will do to fix the country's failing schools, but his choice of education sec...

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Potential Obama Pick Arne Duncan Visits Washington

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the Education Department Thursday morning on what he sa...

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Duncan Should Stay. But He Has to Go.

Alexander Russo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alexander Russo

Should Chicago schools superintendent Arne Duncan go to Washington if he's asked to head the U.S. Department of Education, or should he stay in town?

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