Monthly Archives: October 2017

The Great Tennessee Achievement School District Experiment Finally Comes To An End

Posted on October 19, 2017 by garyrubinstein

Six years ago the Tennessee Achievement School District launched with a five year mission to, in their words, ‘catapult’ schools in the bottom 5% into the top 25%. Tennessee won $500 million in Race To The Top money and dedicated … Continue reading →

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Education Post Touts Failing Chicago Charter To Give Free Publicity To TFA

Posted on October 10, 2017 by garyrubinstein

Teach For America has done a lot of rebranding over the past few years.  For most of their existence, TFA has had to deal with criticism that their corps members are not very diverse and that most TFAers don’t teach, … Continue reading →

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