The Answer Sheet Archive: Laugh and cry
Rheeform: How she fired teachers (with artistic license)
Here's an artist's rendering, so to speak, of how Michelle Rhee worked when she was chancellor of D.C. schools. A video that will make you laugh and cry.
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Valerie Strauss
| March 6, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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Laugh and cry, Michelle Rhee
| Tags:
educational data, effective teachers, firing teachers, michelle rhee, teachers
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Jon Stewart's hysterical defense of teachers
Jon Stewart (finally) does a hysterical bit about the preposterous attacks on the nation’s public school teachers, who have been accused by school “reformers” of being lazy, greedy and lousy at their jobs.
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Valerie Strauss
| March 1, 2011; 12:47 PM ET |
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Laugh and cry, Teachers
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diane ravitch, jon stewart, school reform, the daily show, wisconsin protests, wisconsin teachers
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Sick of highly paid teachers? Here's what to do
Here's a brilliant plan to solve the problem of all those highly paid teachers, who earn so much and only work 9 or 10 months a year!
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Valerie Strauss
| February 24, 2011; 11:10 AM ET |
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Laugh and cry, Teachers
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Are you sick of highly paid teachers?
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The day all the public schools died
A laugh/cry satire: Public schools close as a result of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. Students and teachers flock to Mark Zuckerberg's new Textbook. Eminen's anthem for frustrated teachers wins a Grammy. Wikileaks delivers the final blow. And more.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 24, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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Guest Bloggers, Laugh and cry, Mark Phillips
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amazon, eminem, facebook, mark zuckerberg, no child left behind, public schools, race to the top, school reform, secretary of education, textbook, wikileaks
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Dawn of the dumbest school data
A teacher writes: "Dawn of the dumbest data ... data-driven dementia... data: It keeps teachers busy. Take your pick. But these cats at my school really have to be stopped."
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Valerie Strauss
| February 18, 2011; 8:00 AM ET |
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Guest Bloggers, Laugh and cry, Teachers
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data-driven reform, data-driven school reform, guest bloggers, mr. teachbad, school data, school reform, teachers, test-driven data
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Best college essay ever?
Is this the best college essay ever?
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Valerie Strauss
| February 7, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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College Admissions, Laugh and cry
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best college essay, college admissions, college applications, college essays, funny college essays, great college essays, harpers magazine, hugh gallagher
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