"A child's learning is the function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher." James Coleman, 1972

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Rotherham's Shop Sanitizes Commissioned Charter Report That Challenges Party Line

The gossip on Ed Sector's censoring of the Thomas Toch's research has been cresting. Here is a clip from the latest at Ed Week on the controversy:
“Toch presents a compelling indictment of the ‘new philanthropy’s’ primary investment strategy for education reform. His arguments should be available to all and addressed on the merits,” he wrote in his entry on the This Week in Education blog. “Instead, someone at EdSector hacked away at Toch’s evidence until it fit the rhetoric of CMO advocates.”

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