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  1. Lessons in meritocracy: Civil rights attorney Lani Guinier on the failure of higher education

    Americans are a competitive lot, and that can have its advantages, but not necessarily when it comes to educating a generation that will need to collaborate in order to solve our intractable problems. That’s the perspective of civil rights attorney and Ha ...

    18 Feb 2015 - Jared Paben

  2. Children of the core; Jesse Hagopian discusses his new book on the drawbacks of standardized testing

    If you’re not in some way involved with public schools, you may not be aware of the explosion of standardized testing in schools over the past 10 years. Preparing for and taking these tests has significantly affected teaching and learning on all levels in ...

    28 Jan 2015 - Mike Wold

  3. Our corporate classrooms: Bill Bigelow on the dangers of standardized curriculums and fresh ideas

    Bill Bigelow is an educator and activist who taught social studies in the Portland Public Schools for more than 30 years. Though he has left the classroom as a full-time teacher, he is actively involved in the U.S. educational system through his work with ...

    21 May 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar

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