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Linda Ethridge: Grading Our State Legislators on Public Education
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- on Sep, 24, 2013
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Linda Ethridge, Board of Contributors: Grading our state legislators on public education LINDA ETHRIDGE Board of Contributors | Updated 1 week ago In the fall of 1947 I entered first grade at Oakwood Elementary School in Knoxville, Tenn. I was lucky. I got to be in Mrs. Lane’s class. She was a wonderful teacher. She was loving, kind, […]
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Read More Education Experts Rarely Allowed at the Policymaking Table
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- on Jan, 18, 2013
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A hundred years ago I was the Associate State Superintendent for Standards and Curriculum in the great state of Delaware. I got there just as the movement began to develop state-level curriculum standards for schools, so I oversaw that process. The Chief State School Officers is a national organization made up of the executive leadership […]
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