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The reform movement is already failing

REUters AUG 23, 2011 10:41 EDT

By Diane Ravitch
The opinions expressed are her own.

Reuters invited leading educators to reply to Steven Brill's op-ed on the school reform deniers. We will be publishing the responses here. Below is Ravitch's reply. Here are responses from Joel Klein and Deborah Meier as well.

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/08/23/the-reform-movement-is-already-failing/

Amid outrage, SRC approves buyout

by Benjamin Herold for the Notebook, WHYY/NewsWorks on Aug 24 2011

Former Philadelphia schools superintendent Arlene Ackerman is gone, but the controversy surrounding her departure is far from over.  At a meeting on Wednesday full of vitriol, fury, and charges of racism, School Reform Commission (SRC) voted unanimously to approve a $905,000 buyout and related separation agreement.

http://www.thenotebook.org/blog/113981/packed-house-src

 

Ackerman Blames Her Departure on Political Missteps

Education Week District Dossier Blog By Christina Samuels on August 24, 2011 2:29 PM

Arlene Ackerman, who resigned Monday as superintendent of the 155,000-student Philadelphia district, said in an interview with Education WeekWednesday that political miscalculations led to her removal, not issues with job performance.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2011/08/ackerman_blames_political_miss.html