History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Is Teach for America becoming 'too big to fail?'
- 06-02-2011
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Blog by Sam Chaltain/Huffington Post
When it comes to reforming America's schools, is bigger always better? I've been wondering about that question since watching a recent episode of Treme, the HBO series set in post-Katrina New Orleans that chronicles the struggles of a diverse group of residents on the slow path toward rebuilding their beloved city. In the episode, an aspiring local musician named Davis McAlary raps about changes in the school system: [“]Four years at Radcliffe, that's all you know A desire to do good and a four point oh […] (more...)
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