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...which ones until he sat down and searched for a flicker of life on the screen. "It was like Russian roulette," says Rhodes, a tall young man with an older man's steady gaze. If he picked the wrong computer, the teacher would give him a handout. He would spend the rest of the period learning to use Microsoft Word with a pencil and paper...
Meanwhile, millions of students left behind in confused classrooms spend another day learning nothing...
...hallway, she muttered about teachers who spend too much time cutting out elaborate bulletin-board decorations or chitchatting at "morning meetings" with their third-graders before the real work begins. "We're in Washington, D.C., in the nation's capital," she said later. "And yet the children of this city receive an education that every single citizen in this country should be embarrassed by." (See pictures of teens and how they would vote...
...treated their jobs as patronage pawns. But the rationale is plainly antiquated. Today dozens of federal and state laws protect teachers (and other people) from arbitrary firing. But most teachers still receive tenure almost automatically. In fact, even before they get tenure, they are rarely let go. Schools spend millions of dollars evaluating teachers, but principals have little incentive to shake up their staffs, and so most teachers end up scoring near the top. "What I'm finding is that our principals are ridiculously--like ridiculously--conflict-averse," Rhee says. "They know someone is not so good, and they want...
...Even coordinating national stimulus plans has consisted of little more than leaders agreeing to disagree. On Nov. 24, for example, Britain announced an eye-popping $30 billion plan that aims to borrow and spend its way out of the worst recession to hit the nation in 17 years. Wide-ranging measures include offering aid to homeowners and small businesses, and cutting value-added tax (VAT) 2.5 points, to 15%, to stimulate consumer spending...