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  Amazing Stories from Our Public Schools by Learning First Alliance - Wednesday, Jan 04th 2012  Have you checked out the Learning First Alliance’s collection of public school success stories lately? Since December 2007, ... More >>
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  An Unintended Consequence of Policy: Low-Quality Elementary Science Educationby Anne O'Brien - Monday, Nov 07th 2011According to a recent report on science education in California, more than half of elementary school principals do NOT believe ... More >>
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  Why Cut Muscle When You Can Cut Waste?by Anne O'Brien - Friday, Oct 28th 2011We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the “new normal” - the need to do more with less. And across the country, districts ... More >>
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  Cheap Shots & Careless Inaccuracies---Public Schools Don’t Need This Treatmentby Cheryl Scott Williams - Friday, Oct 21st 2011If the mainstream press reporting on public schools wasn’t important, I wouldn’t be writing this blog post. But, the fact ... More >>
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  Low-Hanging Fruit in School Improvement Efforts?by Cheryl Scott Williams - Thursday, Oct 06th 2011Are school start times, grade level configurations and teacher assignments low hanging fruit for school improvement efforts? ... More >>

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  Amazing Stories from Our Public Schools by Learning First Alliance - Wednesday, Jan 04th 2012  Have you checked out the Learning First Alliance’s collection of public school success stories lately? Since December 2007, we have posted more than 150 stories about what is working in our public schools. Some stories come from our member and ... More >>
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  Why Cut Muscle When You Can Cut Waste?by Anne O'Brien - Friday, Oct 28th 2011We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the “new normal” - the need to do more with less. And across the country, districts are doing it. They are cutting waste, becoming more efficient in a number of ways. While educators can be loath to admit ... More >>
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  An Unintended Consequence of Policy: Low-Quality Elementary Science Educationby Anne O'Brien - Monday, Nov 07th 2011According to a recent report on science education in California, more than half of elementary school principals do NOT believe it is likely that a student receives high-quality science instruction at his or her school. If anything, I would expect principals ... More >>
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  Increasing Childhood Poverty and Hungerby Cheryl Scott Williams - Thursday, Oct 06th 2011Lately there have been unsettling reports about increases in children living in poverty in the U.S. For one, a recent article out of Boston features an emergency room survey that found doctors in the city are seeing more hungry and underweight young children ... More >>
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  Cheap Shots & Careless Inaccuracies---Public Schools Don’t Need This Treatmentby Cheryl Scott Williams - Friday, Oct 21st 2011If the mainstream press reporting on public schools wasn’t important, I wouldn’t be writing this blog post. But, the fact is that the general public gets its information about public education (and private education) from the mainstream press both ... More >>