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"Ben Chavis, the most politically incorrect person on the planet, is also, not coincidentally, one of the people most correct about inner-city education. Read this book by a man who gets results as a practitioner of the 'no excuses' approach to schooling."
- George F. Will, The Washington Post columnist

"…[T]here is much to be learned from this account. It is possible to restore public education to its mission of educating the nation's citizens. There is a message of hope and possibility in 'Crazy Like a Fox' that we should embrace."
- Mitchell Kapor, The San Francisco Chronicle

"Chavis [is] undeniably one of the country's finest educators…Thrust this book into the hands of all the parents you know and implore them to read it…Chavis is passionate, articulate, and entertaining. He's also right."
- Mark Hemingway, National Review

"American Indian [is] a rarity in American education, defying the axiom that poor black and Latino children will lag behind others in school."
- Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times

"To get the kind of results Chavis does in Oakland is a work of stripped-down genius. Ben's book reads like Ben talks: forthright, funny, irreverent, and wise. For anyone who cares about American education, for anyone who cares about America, Crazy Like a Fox is an essential read."
- Jack Cashill, author What's the Matter with California?

Tag: Los Angeles Unified School District

“The Dance of the Lemons” in Los Angeles Unified School District

Warning: You may want to groan, throw up, or shout at your computer in disgust when you read this article about incompetent teachers and the back-room deals and special interests that keep them in the classroom in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
L.A. Weekly took the bull by the horns with the fiery expose, “LAUSD’s [...]

Posted: February 19th, 2010 under Public School Reform, Teachers' Union/Teacher Tenure.
Tags: article, Beth Barrett, California Teachers Association, dance of the lemons, L.A. Weekly, LAUSD, Los Angeles Unified School District, low-performing schools, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, politics, President Barack Obama, retraining programs, rubber rooms, Superintendent Cortines, teacher tenure, teachers' union
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