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SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

But, it turns out, teaching this skill is no easy task. The most recent results of the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+) test—a standardized testing initiative designed to measure college students’ critical thinking skills—are not encouraging. Critical thinking is a tremendously important skill.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Over at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, a New York public school named after the African-American civil rights leader that stresses intellectual development and social involvement, Jeff Palladino sits in his principal’s office for the last time in what promises to be a long while.

Schools 216

Schools Learning Intellectual Development Coaching 216

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It turns out, this fledgling university has been quietly working on raising money and finding land for the campus—and testing out its unusual model. And early in his career, he was a classroom teacher in a school as well, as part of one of the first cohorts of teachers in Teach for America. I think you gotta separate those things.

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