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Dorothy Barnhouse

Dorothy Barnhouse is a literacy consultant who has worked in the New York City public schools for the past two decades.

Letter to Obama: Fix Race to the Top, Please

Dorothy BarnhouseNovember 16, 2012, 12:13 p.m.

An education consultant urges newly re-elected President Obama to overhaul Race to the Top federal guidelines so they emphasize great teaching and individuals over metrics and test scores.

How Testing Is Hurting Teaching

Dorothy BarnhouseApril 23, 2012, 5:39 p.m.

A staff developer writes: ‘The tests have gained an outsized influence on what happens in classrooms. They are not measuring student learning, as any good test should, but rather determining it. And in so doing they have shut down the most important quality of a good teacher — the ability to learn.’

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