Monthly Archives: March 2011

Ravitch lets loose on TFA (at a TFA sponsored event)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by garyrubinstein

With all that’s going on with education ‘reform’ nowadays, I’ve been following Diane Ravitch a lot. Her commentary and analysis of the craziness that’s happening with teacher bashing and union busting makes me feel that there’s a chance that reason … Continue reading →

Posted in Teach For America | 14 Comments

LIFO is good Part II

Posted on March 11, 2011 by garyrubinstein

I received a thoughtful comment from the author of the great mathinaz blog.  For those of you who don’t know, she has the most visited blog on this site.  (I’m a bit bitter about that.  I made it my mission … Continue reading →

Posted in Research | 2 Comments

Same Kids, Same Building, Same Lies

Posted on March 6, 2011 by garyrubinstein

One of the highlights of the TFA 20th anniversary summit was certainly when Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made a rousing speech at the closing ceremony. The most impressive part of his speech was when he described the transformation of … Continue reading →

Posted in book proposal, Debunking, favorites, Tom, top posts | 26 Comments

LIFO is good

Posted on March 2, 2011 by garyrubinstein

The TFA alumni organization has been recently calling to get the opinion from different alums about the recent debate in New York City, and elsewhere, about ending LIFO (Last In First Out). At a first glance, it probably seems crazy … Continue reading →

Posted in favorites, Research | 7 Comments