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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!It seems like every time I turn over a charter school rock, some unpleasant fact crawls out. That's how I felt after watching "The Lottery," a new documentary about the Harlem Success Academy and its leader, Eva Moskowitz. Like Davis Guggenheim's "Waiting for Superman," this film addresses the failures of the traditional public school system, in this case zeroing in on a New York City public charter school and the challenges it faces. (Guggenheim offers a broader picture of charter schools in the nation's capital and around the country.) Some of the facts spotlighted in "The Lottery" just ...
Who was the greatest teacher you ever had? I remember mine, but I can't quite put my finger on what made her so good. It didn't have anything to do with age or gender. Nothing to do with years of experience or where she got her college diploma. There was some indescribable quality, a certain touch. The way how, during tests, I would remember exactly how she explained concepts but couldn't necessarily remember the same ideas as explained by the textbook. Of all teachers, why was she so special? And why weren't there more like her at my school? Despite constant indicators that our nation has ...
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