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Clearly this entire story is complicated and should not be used to jump to conclusions with. mike On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, ANTHONY M BARRA <tub80742@temple.edu>wrote: > Thanks for sharing this. > > One of the main "characters," however (Michelle Rhee), may soon be on her > way out, prompting the question, "Will Rhee's experience become a > 'cautionary tale' for those pushing real school reform?" Debate abstract > from The Atlantic Wire here<http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Can-School-Reform-Survive-if-Its-Greatest-Champion-Is-Ousted-5048> > . > > - Anthony Barra > (new to the forum and grateful to be here.) > > P.S. More info on Geoffrey Canada, interviewed by Terry Gross, here<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94576366> > . > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:24 PM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Perhaps of interest. Sent along by a colleague. >> mike >> ------------ >> >> http://nymag.com/news/features/67966/ >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKTfaro96dg >> >> As a child, Geoffrey Canada believed that his comic book hero would >> rescue >> him and others from poverty and despair. Today, Canada is president and >> CEO >> of the Harlem Children’s Zone and one of the lead participants in the >> upcoming documentary, Waiting for “Superman,” which opens nationwide >> Friday, >> September 24. Directed by filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient >> Truth), the film examines the state of American public education. Read a >> review from New York magazine and watch the trailer. >> _______________________________________________ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca >> > > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca