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Killing Me Softly: the video version

July 7, 2008 OK, I'm back. Just couldn't find my password to get into this thing.

One of the best parts of being an editor is the email. Seriously! You just never know what's going to sail into your inbox.

Case in point: "Killing Me Softly: No Child Left Behind," an essay by author and (now former) teacher Jordan Sonnenblick. Certainly we've all heard--and many of us have made--similar arguments against NCLB. But Jordan's piece, told from such a personal perspective, made for an especially powerful case. It had drama. I rushed to get it into the magazine and onto the web, where it became one of our most popular articles.

It was also picked up by a number of blogs, including Eduwonkette, which is where the people at Teachers College's After Ed found out about it....and produced a very cool video version of Jordan's story. Check it out.

Posted by Brian Kenney on July 7, 2008 | Comments (0)