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Democratic state representative Myron Orfield ruefully concedes Ventura's extrapolitical appeal: "Jesse isn't just a former wrestler. He's a cultural phenomenon. He's connected to the modern vernacular of things here. He's with...
...says they work,’ you would run out and find another doctor,” Fryer said in an interview with The New York Times. “Somehow, in education, that approach is O.K.”But at least one scholar in the field, Gary Orfield of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, questioned Fryer’s failure to acknowledge existing education research efforts.“What worries me about some of the public statements by Prof. Fryer is the kind of sloppy over-generalizations, lack of attentiveness to other research, and confidence that...
...school should move forward after the departure of Professor of Education and Social Policy Gary Orfield.Orfield, one of the founder’s of the former Harvard Civil Rights Project, moved the project this spring to the University of California at Los Angeles. When he announced his departure, Orfield called UCLA “a more conducive atmosphere to studying civil rights.”His departure caused 108 GSE doctoral students to submit an open letter to GSE Dean Kathleen McCartney, which led to last week’s meeting. The letter called Orfield’s departure...
...report was authored by Sunderman and Gary A. Orfield, a professor of education and social policy and the co-founder and director of the Civil Rights Project...
...Sunderman and Orfield report recognized a “striking good faith effort” by local school districts to meet the law’s requirements, but also “a striking lack of resources and knowledge to accomplish the extraordinary goals of NCLB...