{"id":383,"date":"2022-12-23T19:01:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T00:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrfitz.com\/blog\/?p=383"},"modified":"2022-12-23T19:01:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T00:01:53","slug":"how-the-dirth-stole-learning-a-yuletide-tale-of-education-reform-12-8-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrfitz.com\/blog\/how-the-dirth-stole-learning-a-yuletide-tale-of-education-reform-12-8-13\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Dirth Stole Learning! – A Yuletide Tale of Education Reform (12-8-13)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2013, in the middle of the summer while taking a dip in my in-law’s pool with my kids, my son and I concocted my favorite holiday series ever. After it ran in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, it also appeared on Valerie Strauss’s Answer Sheet blog at the Washington Post. I also created a book version<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine years later, we have yet to dump these reforms. Here’s hoping that by the 10th anniversary, we might finally learn what Dirth does by the end…<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Thanks to my son, Christopher Finkle, for helping me pen the Dr. Seuss parody, and to Gloria Pipkin for helping me edit the series!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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