By Mary Murrin
VP Marketing, Carnegie Learning

We were recently pointed to a blog entry with a favorable response to our message Lobbying for Rigorous Definitions of "research-based":

“Your editor has followed Carnegie Learning since its birth in 1998... Nevertheless, their blog was unknown until today.

Any educator considering the purchase of Carnegie's services should be reassured by their postings. By “reassured,” your editor means something more than what program managers in the Pentagon call “the warm and fuzzies.” Rather, the firm expresses a set of values that are most likely more than propaganda. In stating these values, Carnegie is asking prospective clients to hold the firm to a much higher standard than the market really demands today, and one that most providers can't meet.

Full posting: http://www.edbizbuzz.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/23/2968721.html

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