Mass Insight Report

[monty@fairtest.org]

Has anyone written or know of a detailed analysis/critique of the Mass  
Insight report "The Turnaround Challenge?"

Insight got Gates $ to work on this - the summary makes some  
reasonable points, but the language is the quasi-militaristic language  
common now to many 'reformers' and they would appear to support some  
centralist, top-down and possibly privatized approaches. Insight has  
been a major supporter of high-stakes testing in MA, and other sorts  
of things that produce test-oriented, regimented schooling.

A friend asked if I had read it, and as yet I've not had time. But it  
is getting a steady flow of attention of the sort that many of us  
would find alarming. So, looking for any real discussion of this  
approach from folks who support progressive pedagogy, etc.

Monty