| How and why has the prevailing story advanced by sponsors of education reform shifted over the past four years from one of failure to one of success? Anthony Cody writes that the corporate reformers have decided that it's time to shift the narrative. Having spent the past few years ginning up a crisis climate about our "failing schools" and the need to fire "bad" teachers, the reformers realize the public is tuning them out. Cody says that Gates is now funding "success" stories. We all love success stories. But what we really need is honest, objective reporting about how testing and choice are working and how they affect children and the quality of education. "In 2010, a stark image was broadcast around the nation. It showed a child seated at a school desk surrounded by absolute devastation and ruin. That image was used promote the movie, "Waiting For Superman." .... |
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