tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post6151881396406207385..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: MA: Vulture ConvocationPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-51946653208536136422015-12-08T12:53:54.131-05:002015-12-08T12:53:54.131-05:00It might be useful to read the papers. The paper ...It might be useful to read the papers. The paper Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston, for example, has nothing to do with explaining "how New Orleans isn't so much about educating students as it is about testing takeover models". Instead it is trying to address the often heard criticism that the application process used in charter education results in only truly motivated students attending charter schools. They address this concern by looking at charter school students in New Orleans and Boston that were grandfathered into the charter school and did not apply to attend the charter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-13030351056098014152015-12-07T21:57:34.833-05:002015-12-07T21:57:34.833-05:00http://www.livingindialogue.com/noam-chomsky-bubbl...http://www.livingindialogue.com/noam-chomsky-bubble-tests-yield-meaningless-rankings/JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00200101741711258475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-50183868769045306132015-12-07T14:39:04.067-05:002015-12-07T14:39:04.067-05:00Wait, are you saying Arthur Levine wasn't on t...Wait, are you saying Arthur Levine wasn't on the agenda touting the wonders of competency-based blah-blah-blah? http://chronicle.com/blogs/letters/compentency-based-teacher-education-is-the-future/Alexandra Milettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530499049125474646noreply@blogger.com