Skip to main contentRemainders: A vocabulary lesson in a polarized debate
By | November 15, 2013, 10:52pm UTC - Words to broadly label sides in the education discussion often aren’t used the way they’re meant. (TNTP)
- The man behind free online education classes is reversing course, saying they don’t work. (Fast Co.)
- A philanthropist donated to fact-checkers after Diane Ravitch erred in criticizing his earnings. (EdWeek)
- Toronto canceled school trips to City Hall because the Rob Ford scandal was too “unsafe.” (Toronto Sun)
- A Philadelphia student whose school was closed due to cuts still wants to go to college. (Color Lines)
- A middle school with the city’s top progress report grade won the right to expand to a high school. (DNA)
- Bill de Blasio replied on a survey last year that his chancellor won’t need a state waiver. (NYC PSP)
- More school districts in the lower Hudson region are forfeiting their Race to the Top funding. (Lohud)