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2013-08-07

  Thinking Outside of The School Box: Non Traditonal Reforms

Often times education reforms are seen as either saviors or rabble rousers. With ideas that shake up the "traditional" approach to teaching, learning and schools, these reforms efforts are sometimes met with resistance. But with the state of education ...
  Dare 2 Be Different author
2013-08-05

  Wizards of ED: Vouchers, common core, charter schools oh my!

In today's episode of education policy cafe, we will continue discussing reform efforts designed by leaders and policymakers to close the glaring performance gap between minority and nonminority students.  With so many ideas out there from reducing cla...
  Dare 2 Be Different author
2013-07-31

  Mind the Gap: How do we close the achievement gap?

If you ask any major policy maker on both sides of the ideological aisle about the achievement gap, most would say they support reforms to address it. Lawmakers enact legislation with the idea of fixing this glaring injustice in our education system. R...
  Dare 2 Be Different author
2013-07-22

  Race and Education Part III: After Brown

In this installment of the EPC's Race and Education series, we will discuss the aftermath of the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling. With a mandate to expediate intergration given by the Supreme Court, many states, universities, and school districts i...
  Dare 2 Be Different author
2013-07-17

  Race and Education: Civil Rights to Modern Plights

In this episode of EPC we will continue our conversation from Monday on the intersection of race and education. We will focus on the historical contributions of thought leaders, educators and activist who pushed for key policies designed to address edu...
  Dare 2 Be Different author
2013-07-15

  Race and Education: A crisis with historical precedent

This was a hard weekend for many educators. The verdict of the Georgia Zimmerman case triggered an emotional response from teacher, parents, students, educational leaders and concerned citizens. People all around the country expressed deep sentiments ...
  Dare 2 Be Different author
2013-07-10

  Education Policy Cafe: A Historical Context (Part II)

In this episode we will continue exploring the historical roots of education in the US. We will discuss important thought leaders in the evolution of public access to education. Last episode we focused the founding fathers, John Adams and Thomas Jeffe...
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2013-07-08

  Education Policy 101: A Historical Context

Happy Independence Day! The Fourth of July has come and gone. Our nation has celebrated the birth of the United States with much fanfare. While everyone BBQed and set off fireworks I (being the nerd that I am) began thinking about the founding fathers....
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2013-07-03

  ED POLICY 101: Stories from the front line

If you had one hour to talk to a leader or policymaker in education, what would you tell them? In this episode of EduPoliCafe, we will hear stories from the true stakeholders whose voices often go unheard in the debates over education reform.  Stories ...
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2013-07-01

  EDPOLICY 101: What's reform got to do with it?

Education policymakers and leaders love "reform." It seems like every year new buzz words emerge: multiple intelligences, differientation, outcome based education, whole language, whole child, and a whole lotta confusion.  In this episode we will be d...
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