Monthly Archives: May 2015

Follow The Yellow Brick Load

Posted on May 26, 2015 by garyrubinstein

Tennessee’s Achievement School District (ASD) is the golden child of the reformers.  The mission of the ASD is to take schools in the bottom 5% of the state and, within five years, propel them into the top 25% in the … Continue reading →

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I’ll Huffman and I’ll Puffman and I’ll Blow Your District Down

Posted on May 22, 2015 by garyrubinstein

Kevin Huffman was the first Teach For America alum to become a state education commissioner.  Despite having only taught for two years between 1992 and 1994 and having had no role related to schools for the next seventeen years (he … Continue reading →

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You Reeka Math

Posted on May 19, 2015 by garyrubinstein

At the NCTM conference last year I attended a talk by Scott Baldridge, lead author of the Eureka math curriculum, which is also called EngageNY in New York.  Education Week recently compared different math curricula to see which were truly … Continue reading →

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