Welcome to Citiwire.net! Will the Obama administration’s historic stimulus bill–now boldly titled the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan” –really deliver on the reinvestment side, especially “green” industry and smart growth policies? My column covers that issue as a critical first test of the new political order. My long-time Citistates Group colleague Curtis Johnson writes this week’s Citiwire.net piece, focused on the No Child Left Behind Law’s flawed performance and the need for dramatically more individualized education in our schools. Curt is managing partner of Education|Evolving and a co-author (with Harvard’s Clayton Christensen) of the recent book, Disrupting Class, which focuses on the dramatic potentials for less regimented American schooling.
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