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The Confident Man: Kriner Cash Says He Can Fix Buffalo’s Broken Schools. Should We Believe Him? The74Million is an education focused website

People On the Move via Buffalo Business First: Ann Walden

Ann Walden Recognition Plaque - Buffalo - Buffalo Business First

It Is Time to Rethink the Way the School Board Operates

BuffaloReformEd :: It Is Time to Rethink the Way the School Board Operates Last month's Buffalo Board of Education was like so many before it in recent years, and that is a troubling trend. The business meeting stretched long into the night, with streams of public speakers shuttled in to repeat the same special interest talking points and filled with petty fighting between…

Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? A new Freakonomics radio podcast

Freakonomics » Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast Our latest Freakonomics Radio episode is called “Does ‘Early Education’ Come Way Too Late?” (You can subscribe to the podcast at iTunes or elsewhere, get the RSS feed, or listen via the media player above.)

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Common Core Math is Not the Enemy — Math Memoirs why you hate it and why we need new perspective in education

New on the Blog: expanding and replicating programs like City Honors MUST be a part of the district's improvement plans

BuffaloReformEd :: Expanding Choice and Options Must Be Part of District’s Improvement Strategies The Buffalo Public Schools are in hot water once again with the federal Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights after it failed to adopt all the recommendations of civil rights expert Dr. Gary Orfield. In particular, the district refused to commit to opening a second ‘City Honors’ school. I…

How to actually get something out of parent-teacher conferences It’s that time of year. Kids have been in school for a while, and now you get about 15 minutes with their teacher to talk about ... what, exactly?

NYS Wants You To Criticize Common Core. Just One Request: Be Specific. But the state’s survey isn’t a free-for-all that allows any member of the public to send in their comments or petitions…

What did you think of last night's BPS Board meeting? Our BoardWatch report card rates the board's performance every meeting

BuffaloReformEd :: BoardWatch The Buffalo Board of Education needs to be held accountable for their work. Their decisions affect everyone in the school district and it's time we evaluate them on their performance. After every board of education meeting we will post a BoardWatch report card based on specific criteria and how well…