Whitney Tilson on School Reform

See slides from presentation tonight (10/5/09) by Whitney Tilson on school reform (venue was Howard, Rice law offices in SF).  Major takeaways for me:

• public schools in US have more money and worse results than any other country
• why?  poor teacher quality, antiquated systems
• Kipp is a black swan, proving that better is possible
• DFER was organized specifically as a Democratic organization in order to influence the Democratic party
• political organizing is least glamorous and most necessary for true reform

Speech to Community Indicators Consortium

I gave the speech below to the Community Indicators Consortium (CIC) today.  CIC is a terrific group committed to the neutral presentation of data for the benefit of community advancement.  For more information about CIC, see www.communityindicators.net.   I am a member of the CIC and if you have an interest in joining, please email me and I will put you in touch with someone in membership. 

The Decline Of News

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