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Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day: This Week’s “Round-Up” of Good Posts & Articles on Education Policy

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Here are several relatively recent good posts and articles on educational policy issues:

California Districts Get NCLB Waiver Despite Union Objections is a great post by my colleague Alice Mercer. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On The NCLB Waiver Given To Eight California School Districts (Including Ours).

Teacher Turnover Negatively Impacts Student Achievement in Math and English is from The Journal. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles About The Importance Of Teacher (& Student) Working Conditions.

Gary Rubinstein: Dramatic Collapse of Charter School Test Scores is at Diane Ravitch’s blog. It’s about the recent New York City testing fiasco.

Aaron Pallas has more commentary on what happened in New York.

Roland Fryer’s “No Excuses” Excuses is by Dr. John Thompson. This isn’t the first time that issues about Fryer’s research have appeared in this blog.

The MOOC ‘Revolution’ May Not Be as Disruptive as Some Had Imagined is from The Chronicle of Higher Education. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On MOOC’s — Help Me Find More.

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