Its prospects are more likely to be enhanced by honest reckonings with Islam's present democratic shortcomings than by apologetic exercises in cultural relativism or by pretending that the meaning of democracy is obscure or infinitely elastic. (firstthings.com)
«It's a more honest reckoning of where Wisconsin students stand relative to other students across the nation and relative to the goals we want for all of our students.» (host.madison.com)
As with technology, as with accountability, as with charters and teacher certification and so much more, turnaround districts call for close scrutiny and honest reckoning as well as continuing invention and refinement. (educationnext.org)