Read the full report here: BRACEY-2009 Released November 10, 2009

“Bracey Report” Curtain-Call Takes on Trendy Education Reforms

Late researcher’s final work turned his critical eye toward ‘high-quality’ schools, mayoral control, and the push for higher standards

Contact: Kevin Welner, (303) 492-8370; kevin.welner@colorado.edu

BOULDER, Colo. and TEMPE, Ariz. (November 9, 2009) — The 2009 edition of the annual “Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education” offers a sober assessment of three popular education reforms, finding all of them wanting. Readers will be informed by one last critical analysis from celebrated education researcher Gerald Bracey, who completed his 18^th and final “Bracey Report” shortly before his unexpected death October 20 at the age of 69.

The 2009 report is published today by the Education in the Public Interest Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Education Policy Research Unit at Arizona State University. Previous editions of the report were published in the educational journal Phi Delta Kappan.