Stalking the Vampire in Texas
Dear Deborah,
As the national debate about school reform continues, new voices, new evidence, and new ideas are emerging to shape the debate.
Something wonderful has started in Texas. For 10 long years, the nation's public schools have been stuck with the unrealistic demands imposed by No Child Left Behind. That odious program was hatched in Texas, so it is fitting that the nation's most significant rebellion against high-stakes testing is growing in Texas. At last count, more than 200 school boards (out of about 1,000), supported by the Texas Association of School Administrators, had endorsed a strong resolution against the high-stakes testing regime that is now strangling learning in Texas public schools.
The revolt in Texas was abetted, perhaps inadvertently, by
As the national debate about school reform continues, new voices, new evidence, and new ideas are emerging to shape the debate.
Something wonderful has started in Texas. For 10 long years, the nation's public schools have been stuck with the unrealistic demands imposed by No Child Left Behind. That odious program was hatched in Texas, so it is fitting that the nation's most significant rebellion against high-stakes testing is growing in Texas. At last count, more than 200 school boards (out of about 1,000), supported by the Texas Association of School Administrators, had endorsed a strong resolution against the high-stakes testing regime that is now strangling learning in Texas public schools.
The revolt in Texas was abetted, perhaps inadvertently, by