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Caroline Grannan was an editor at the San Jose Mercury News for 12 years. Currently she contributes to a number of Internet sites dealing with education and schools. She is a San Francisco public school parent, advocate, and volunteer and has followed education politics locally and nationwide.

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SEED School takes offense

Friday, November 20th, 2009

The SEED School complained to my editor about my comments on their high expulsion rate. In response, I left a...
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Teacher-trashers can't take away the true rewards -- but they are trying hard

Friday, November 20th, 2009 · 2 comments

I posted on Facebook an apt, if disheartening, quote from Oakland activist/blogger Sharon Higgins, whose Perimeter...
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U.S. Schools 101: President Obama's inaccurate blasts at our schools

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I cried with joy when Barack Obama was elected president, and I'm still with him most of the way, but I'm...
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Education policy 101: Why businessmen and billionaires shouldn't be running our schools

The last few posts were aimed at young parents of incoming kindergartners -- a savvy and committed group, from what...
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Breaking news from afar: Ed-reform darlings Rhee, Barr turn on each other

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Two rock stars of the education-reform world have had a falling out, I’m told by a friend who just attended a Washington, D.C., community...
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Education miracles don't survive scrutiny

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I do have to say you read it here first, but education commentator and UCLA prof Mike Rose speaks out on Truthdig: Upon closer examination, some of...
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Diane Ravitch: Don't rely on charters and privatization for a fix

Reformed "education reformer" Diane Ravitch offers wise and pointed advice to the Los Angeles school...
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Brave commenter takes on those stupid teachers

Jim Horn at the Schools Matter blog publishes a comment from a reader that just might be a bit satirical: Dear Mr....
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If teachers should get paid based on students' test scores, how about journalists?

The San Francisco Chronicle editorializes today in favor of linking teacher pay to student test scores. “It’s hard to imagine what better...
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Where Obama is going wrong on education -- a Canadian gets it right

An article from the Canadian organization Global Research sums up the Obama administration's anti-public-education direction. What can we do to...
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