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Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

Tag: Michael Bloomberg

Posted inBlogs, Elementary to High School, Eye on Education

Throwing students at classrooms

by Aaron Pallas December 7, 2011March 30, 2020

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last week that if it were up to him, he’d double class size and fire the 50 percent of teachers who are in the bottom half of effectiveness ratings:  “doubl[ing] the class size with a better teacher is a good deal for the students.” Bloomberg, in his inimitable way, breezily […]

Posted inElementary to High School, News, Opinion

The cult of statistical pyrotechnics

by Justin Snider March 30, 2010March 30, 2020
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