Photograph by Ilana R. Brunner In ancient Sparta, when a young man finished his military training, the city elders held a ceremony in which they removed a stone from the city wall. The idea was that the defense of Sparta was in its people, not its walls. Just a few days ago, I was privileged to witness an event in which five more programs funded by the Investing in Innovation (i3) program presented their methods and findings on Capitol Hill. Our government might have used this as an opportunity to remove some of the walls that impede progress in education. As more and more programs demonstrate that they can reliably improve student achievement in high-poverty schools, can we slowly back away...
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