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This morning saw an inspiring keynote from Dr.

Today's Chicago Tribune has an article that highlights the importance of pending changes to the Notorious No Child Left Behind legislation.  Testing is again shown to be as reliable as any other one-shot form of "objective" evaluation.  At least Illinois has fended off the impetus toward single-measure high stakes testing such as the MCAS in Massachusetts.  In Chicago, the district seems a little schizophrenic: wel

The Pennsylvania Alterative Learning Assn put on a conference this week on the campus at Villanova University. Over 100 teachers and school leaders came to talk about democratic schools, providing learning opportunities in alternative settings, and the challenges they face. Principal Thomas Haley of Lancaster School District's Phoenix Academy led two workshop sessions on the academy, and brought staff, parents and students along to share their stories.