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Thank You, Lillian

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April 20th, 2012

This morning in Delaware we got news that I was hoping not to get for at least a couple more years.  Our own Lillian Lowery, Delaware’s Secretary of Education, has taken a job as the new Secretary of Education in Maryland.  On a personal and professional level, I will miss her deeply.  She is one of those amazing people that can walk into...

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Repost: “Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes”

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April 20th, 2012

My friend, Robin Lake, at the Center on Reinventing Public Education in Seattle wrote a thoughtful post on the dynamics of education reform in the US right now for Rick Hess' Straight Up blog.  It resonated with me and hope it provokes some reflection about how each of us positions our work on behalf of kids. "Only a Sith Deals in...

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Moving Past the Bubble Sheet

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April 19th, 2012

As educators, we've all been there - anxious to go home after a long days work only to look over at the students' recently submitted essays ready to be looked over with our critical eye. Suddenly, you find yourself scrambling to calculate how many minutes it will take you to go through each essay - only to realize that you'll have to TiVo your...

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