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The Delivery Dilemma

Posted by tomliamlynch  Published in Academic Culture, New Literacies, Policy, Reform

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan held a town meeting in which he demonstrates the problems with words like “creative” and “innovation” in conversations about policy.  It always seems to stumble:
“We need to be much more creative and innovative in how we do things,” Duncan said. For instance, students today use cell phones and PDAs on [...]

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