After the Future tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-223564 2011-11-04T15:11:00-07:00 "Without the ultrarational hopes and passions of religion no society will ever have the courage to conquer despair and attempt the impossible; for the vision of a just society is an impossible one, which can be approximated only by those who do not regard it as impossible."--Reinhold Niebuhr TypePad Quote of the Day: Karen Lewis tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520c4d69e20162fc2541f7970d 2011-11-04T15:11:00-07:00 2011-11-04T15:11:00-07:00 Quote of the Day: In an interview with Karen Lewis, President of the Chicago Teachers' Union: CF: In the just-published Steve Jobs biography, Walter Isaacson writes that Jobs met with President Obama and told him that the American education system... Jack Whelan Quote of the Day: Deborah Meier tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834520c4d69e2015392bb219e970b 2011-11-01T07:18:00-07:00 2011-11-01T07:18:00-07:00 Maybe the time has come to acknowledge that the changes we need can't be measured by the tools we've been using and that replicating by mandate in an "industry" like education has limits. Those who designed the instruments that measure... Jack Whelan