Steven Singer reports here that big money failed to block the new pro-public school superintendent Anthony Hamlet.
Elite reformers tried to stop his appointment but they failed. Even the corporate media pitched in to criticize him. But the elected board prevailed (the same board that ousted TFA) and Hamlet won a five-year contract.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Good piece on ed reform in India, which looks exactly like ed reform in the US, so it’s obviously very grass roots and bottom up 🙂
It just happens to be identical in every country, up to and including US ed reformers.
https://www.thenation.com/article/teach-for-america-has-gone-global-and-its-board-has-strange-ideas-about-what-poor-kids-need/?utm_content=bufferbe1c7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Here is an ad for a measurement person to work for the International Bridge Academies in Africa, also in India, with global expansion. It gives you a good idea of corporate thinking about measurement and assessment, especially as a marketing tool. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/150226416
Unfortunately, the new hire is also coming in with a cloud of doubt about this resume. I hope his actions will prove that the vote of confidence is warranted.