A year of tumult in education reform

06-14-2011

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Oh, what a year it was. The 2010-11 school year might not have looked much different from the one that preceded it to all the kids who woke up early, slogged to school, took test after standardized test and went home to study some more. But to the adults in public education, there was incredible tumult. When classes began in August, Maryland and the District joined several states as winners of a federal competition called Race to the Top that led many states to revamp education rules and laws to win cash. That contest, plus a controversial film about charter schools called “Waiting for ‘Superman,’ ” propelled a reform movement that stresses choice and incentives rather than equity and funding. There was also deep instability in many schools as financial troubles destroyed education budgets. (more...)

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