Monthly Archives: July 2008

Citiwire.net Goes Public

CITIWIRE.NET — A new service of the Citistates Group — Inaugurated July 27 Interested readers and subscribers receive a once-a-week release with two columns– (1) My regular column syndicated (since 1978) by the Washington Post Writers Group — and (2) A new Citiwire.net column, authored by a different member of the Citistates Group (www.citistates.com) each [...]

‘Disrupting Class’ Reviewed

NEAL PEIRCE COLUMN For Release Sunday, July 13, 2008 © 2008 Washington Post Writers Group ‘DISRUPTING CLASS’ – EXCITING HOPE FOR OUR SCHOOLS By Neal Peirce Surprise #1: America’s public schools are actually improving, average scores inching upward despite increased numbers of immigrant and often poorly-prepared children. But we’re still losing — failing to inspire [...]