Monthly Archives: February 2011

Charter Schools — The Cancer Of The American Education System

Posted on February 24, 2011 by garyrubinstein

I’ve just finished reading an amazing book by Diane Ravitch called The Death and Life of the Great American School System.  She is one of my heroes so I even wrote her a fan-letter, which she posted on her personal … Continue reading →

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Post Alumni Summit Thoughts

Posted on February 14, 2011 by garyrubinstein

A few posts ago, I expressed some of my anxiety about the 20th anniversary summit.  I’m not a charter corps and I didn’t start a charter school.  I guess my claim to fame is that I got two books published, … Continue reading →

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A Chance To Make History — my review Part III

Posted on February 9, 2011 by garyrubinstein

I’m going to summarize and then finish this review in this post, I hope. Here’s what we’ve learned in the first two parts of the review: Chapter 1:  TFA has produced some transformational teachers who have managed to succeed despite … Continue reading →

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A Chance To Make History — my review Part II

Posted on February 8, 2011 by garyrubinstein

Chapter 4 is the one where Wendy pulls no punches and says exactly what’s on her mind.  This is the ‘controversial’ chapter where Wendy surprises everyone, even her critics. I, myself, was very surprised about something that I’ll explain in … Continue reading →

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A Chance To Make History — my review Part I

Posted on February 7, 2011 by garyrubinstein

About a year ago TFA came out with the ‘Teaching As Leadership’ book, which I thought was horrible and wrote a scathing nine part critique.  This new book, you’ll all be happy to know, is actually pretty good, though not … Continue reading →

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Mixed feelings about the upcoming summit

Posted on February 2, 2011 by garyrubinstein

I have an unusual relationship with TFA.  To me, TFA is like an ex-boyfriend who dumped me after a five year relationship from 1991 to 1996, just as things were about to get serious.  Now after the dumping back in … Continue reading →

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