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By mikethemadbiologist on October 5, 2010.

I've got a bunch of education-related links that I'll never get around to blogging about. Maybe you will? Anyway, here they are:

Has education reform jumped the shark? A teacher says 'yes'
What 'Superman' got wrong, point by point
Obama's Education Agenda Prioritizes "Reform" Over Resources
Are charter schools really innovative?
Obama Loses a Mayor: Adrian Fenty's defeat puts Washington, D.C.'s aggressive school reform efforts, spearheaded by schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, on the chopping block--and is a lesson for the president from voters.
PERSISTENTLY LOW-PERFORMING INCENTIVES
Left Ed: Waiting for Sanity
Report used to slam schools on 'Oprah' actually praises Newark, N.J. education efforts
An Inconvenient Superman: Davis Guggenheim's New Film Hijacks School Reform
The strange media coverage of Obama's education policies
Education reform's problem is identifying the problem

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