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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan (AP).
Less Testing, More Learning
My guests are Lisa Guisbond and Monty Neill of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, known as FairTest, a non-profit organization that works to end the misuse and flaws of standardized testing.
By Lisa Guisbond and Monty Neill
During his campaign, Barack Obama was a quick study, learning he could get wild applause and cheers by bashing No Child Left Behind, especially from audiences of public school teachers and parents.
By Lisa Guisbond and Monty Neill
During his campaign, Barack Obama was a quick study, learning he could get wild applause and cheers by bashing No Child Left Behind, especially from audiences of public school teachers and parents.
Many felt hope, even exhilaration, to hear Obama say that “we can meet high standards without forcing teachers and students to spend most of the year preparing for a single, high-stakes test.”
They hoped that Obama understood, as they did, that while test makers were getting fat and happy with the NCLB-driven testing explosion, the people giving and taking the tests were getting little return for a huge investment of time and resources.
Continue reading this post »Ed Buzz: The Nation
- Could bus ads save school budgets?(Associated Press)
- Loan bill stripped of early ed., other priorities (Education Week)
- Unions slam Obama's education budget (Education Week)
- Obama effigy hung at R.I. school (New York Times)
- Hispanics face barriers to college degree (New York Times)
- Suspensions lead to legal challenge(New York Times)
- Detroit ed chief wants to close 45 schools (Detroit Free Press)
- State, district leaders press transformation (Education Week)
- Hurdles await new education agenda(New York Times)
- Union tries personal tactics on UC regents (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ed Buzz: The Region
- Loudoun looking to slash positions, up fees (WTOP)
- Kids at Md. school get tainted milk (Fox 5)
- McDonnell signs college lab school legislation (Richmond Times Dispatch)
- Schools reduce police presence (The Examiner)
- Montgomery College, schools brace for cuts (The Gazette)
- P.G. County PTA reinstated (The Gazette)
- Md. GOP: Don't raise dropout age (The Gazette)
- Birth-control center finds home at T.C. Williams (Alexandria Gazette Packet)
- Fairfax teacher quits over embezzlement charges (Examiner)
- MoCo teachers say they are overwhelmed (Gazette)
- Alex. considers new school boundaries(Examiner)
- PG parents fear impact of school cuts(WJLA)
- Md. lawmakers favor ed cuts (Baltimore Sun)