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Flatlands Charter School and the Common Core

A Love Story

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Neoliberalizing Educational Reform

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As some of you know, every Thursday I read to some of our students in the library. The book I read is one of my favorite stories from when I was teaching 5th grade back in 1992. The book is called The Light of Winter.

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Chang, A. (2015). Flatlands Charter School and the Common Core. In: Sturges, K.M. (eds) Neoliberalizing Educational Reform. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-977-7_11

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