April, 2008

Reply to Strong

by Sol Stern
The Conversation
April 24th, 2008

It’s sad that Michael Strong has to end what has been a useful debate by egregiously distorting my position on the best strategies for school reform. He starts his critique by claiming that I believe that “the possibility of significantly better education [is] utopian.” In fact, throughout this exchange, [...]

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Understanding How Educational Freedom Improves Education

by Michael Strong
The Conversation
April 23rd, 2008

Richard Rothstein is concerned that
If we deregulate the teacher market, we will undoubtedly attract some very high quality teachers who might not have made it through the certification hoops. We will also attract some incompetents, who will do serious harm to our children. How many of the latter are we willing to tolerate in [...]

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