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3 Hottest Trends in Education Reform. Every week in New York, there’s an education-focused event within two very different circles: non-education innovators and education practitioners.

3 Hottest Trends in Education Reform

In the past two weeks, the Council on Foreign Affairs held a discussion with former NYC Chancellor for Education Joel Klein and former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings; the inaugural New York Ideas Conference included a session with Klein and education heavyweights like Randi Weingarten and Gaston Caperton; and on Friday, the uber-sexy Skillshare held its first Penny Conference, a half-day session focused on learning and innovation.

Glancing at each of the agendas, though, something is awry: the traditional educators and the non-educators are rarely in the same room. The first group includes administrators, teachers, and policy makers like Weingarten, the president for the American Federation of Teachers, or Norman Atkins, the Founder of Uncommon Schools and the Relay Graduate School of Education. Everyone's library. A scholarly search engine and web directory for college students. Search lessons by keyword. College Ratings. Academics | Admissions Selectivity | Financial Aid Fire Safety | Quality of Life | Green Other Statistics Total Enrollment | Middle ACT Scores | Middle SAT Critical Reading Middle SAT Math | Middle SAT Writing Academics A measure of how hard students work and how much they get back for their efforts, on a scale of 60–99.

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