http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/education/edlife/antioch.html?pagewanted=1
This is an in depth article that tries to explain why Antioch Univertsity is closing after all. I think we need to look at it to understand what the pitfalls were that they fell into.
Personally I’m sad because not only did I get my MAT from Antioch, but I met Arthur Morgan, who founded the [...]
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By MAURA J. CASEY
In 1662, the colonists of Hartford accused 39-year-old Mary Sanford of witchcraft. Based on evidence — drinking wine and dancing around a bonfire — the court pronounced her guilty “for not having the feare of God before thyne eyes.” Sanford was hanged, leaving behind five children and a shaken husband who was [...]
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Howard Martin Katzoff, who has been teaching since 1968, recently retired from the New York City public schools.
April 11 2008
Teacher tenure is, once again, a hot issue. Lawmakers are deciding what character qualities and professional skills earn a teacher a permanent job. For some, the answer is simplistic: link a teacher’s tenure [...]
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This is a TV interview I did in July.
On the 18th of February USA Today published an editorial I wrote in response to the plan for some states to raise their compulsory school age to 18. This is the URL:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080218/cm_usatoday/opposingviewdontraisethedropoutage
States considering raising the compulsory school age are making a mistake. The way to fight dropping out is to make better schools, not [...]
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