Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch, responding to the NYT article two Sunday's ago, engage in one of the most moronic discussions of charter schools I've ever read. Here's Meier, slamming the founders of Harlem Success, with no acknowledgment (likely due to no knowledge) of Harlem Success's extraordinary success:
I'm at' [...]
Editor's note: Bridging Differences begins a well-deserved holiday break today. Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier will return to their blog on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. See you in the new year!
[...]We promised to keep a close watch on what is happening at the federal level, and now it begins to get interesting. And a bit scary, if you care about the future of public education.
The U.S. Department of Education announced its plan [...]
"I would like to see the secretary point to a district where they have done -- some district that has done what he recommends and where you can say, now, there's a district that's turned around." Diane Ravitch on Arne Dunca's Race To The Top ([...]
