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EdEvolving

  1. Duncan praises Minnesota for district/union relationships. minnpost.com/learning-curve…
  2. Interesting! Try your hand at the PISA: pisa-sq.acer.edu.au and the NAEP: nationsreportcard.gov/testyourself.a… Notice differences? #edreform #edpolicy
  3. Teacher strikes in Australia continue... abc.net.au/local/stories/…
  4. A "potluck" of interesting ideas from @john_merrow takingnote.learningmatters.tv/?p=5746 #edreform
  5. EE Associate Jon Schroeder to be inducted into Charter Hall of Fame, for drafting the initial Federal Charter Program. animashighschool.blogspot.com/2012/05/2012-i…
  6. Employers looking for skills that can't be taught in school. Time to redesign school? #edpolicy #edreform minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/sp…
  7. Shared Learning Collaborative now has a blog. Will be helpful to keep tabs on this hugely-important effort. slcedu.org/blog #edtech
  8. 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System businessinsider.com/finland-educat… #edpolicy
  9. 24 high-performing LA schools seek to become charter schools in search of increased flexibility latimes.com/news/local/la-… #edpolicy
  10. What the US can't learn from Finland (and some things they can) washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-s… #edreform
  11. RT @EdTrust: #NCLB waiver summaries edtru.st/IhndmN (links at bottom of page) #edreform #edpolicy
  12. @SFERnational you might connect with @SSOTeenVoices about high school students looking to stay involved in ed reform as undergrads?
  13. What to do if a school is a failure by data, but serving its students and families well? nytimes.com/2012/03/27/nyr… #edpolicy
  14. Horner and Penny: Education initiatives offer lessons in how to be effective startribune.com/opinion/commen… #minnesota #edpolicy
  15. The battlefield is always chaotic and information hazy at best, says Major Scarfe. Soldiers need autonomy. So do teachers...
  16. @arotherham says teachers could learn from marines. Marines have high enlisted:officer ratio. Not "top heavy" ideas.time.com/2012/03/15/5-t… #edreform
  17. OECD (the PISA org) says: raise #teacher status to improve schools bbc.co.uk/news/education… #edpolicy #edreform
  18. Minnesota receives new $28M grant for charter schools minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/20… #minnesota
  19. @StephenODyer Agreed; cuts make it tough. But innovation may be only way to survive pressures to reduce cost educationevolving.org/system/finance