New Legal Challenge to Tax Credits in New Hampshire
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that allows tuition tax credits, saying it subsidizes religious schools.
Where are the lawsuits in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Louisiana to challenge voucher programs that directly
Where are the lawsuits in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Louisiana to challenge voucher programs that directly
$50 Million. 3 Years. No Clue.
Gary Rubinstein, the brilliant math teacher at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, has done it again.
He has dissected the Gates MET study–the one that says test scores are better at determining teacher quality than observations–and he says that the data in the study don’t make the point that has been widely reported.
Gene Glass, Research Professor at the University of Colorado, takes apart the MET study, and like Gary, says
He has dissected the Gates MET study–the one that says test scores are better at determining teacher quality than observations–and he says that the data in the study don’t make the point that has been widely reported.
Gene Glass, Research Professor at the University of Colorado, takes apart the MET study, and like Gary, says
Daily Howler on Washington Post’s Fawning Coverage of Rhee
Bob Somerby at the Daily Howler is a watchdog of American journalism.
He regularly criticizes the media, and is especially good when he looks at education. He recently dissected the misleading and overly negative coverage of international tests.
In the past few days, he has been on a roll. He was incensed by the Washington Post‘s fawning coverage of our
He regularly criticizes the media, and is especially good when he looks at education. He recently dissected the misleading and overly negative coverage of international tests.
In the past few days, he has been on a roll. He was incensed by the Washington Post‘s fawning coverage of our
What Happened When a Researcher In Louisiana Wanted Answers
Mercedes Schneider has a Ph.D. In statistics. She teaches in St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana. Recently, she has discovered that the Louisiana Department of Education has engaged in fancy statistical manipulation of test scores and school grades. The bottom line is that the public is not getting spin and hype from that agency, not
EduShyster Celebrates the Annual Liftin’ O’ the Cap Rituals
EduShyster continues to set the gold standard for reformy humor.
In this post, she describes the annual campaign by charter operators in Massachusetts to pressure the state legislature to lift the cap so they can open more charter schools.
She notes that the students most involved in demanding more charter schools are already enrolled in one. She
In this post, she describes the annual campaign by charter operators in Massachusetts to pressure the state legislature to lift the cap so they can open more charter schools.
She notes that the students most involved in demanding more charter schools are already enrolled in one. She
NC Teacher: This Is How Democracy Ends
Kris Neilsen wrote an amazing post (“NC Teacher: I Quit“) a few months back, which was opened by 150,000 people, at a minimum.
He continues to teach and to write. He has recently written a series called “This Is How Democracy Ends.” In this post, he expresses his profound opposition to the Common Core State Standards.
He believes that the corporate reform movement has foisted the Common Core standards on the schools, with
He continues to teach and to write. He has recently written a series called “This Is How Democracy Ends.” In this post, he expresses his profound opposition to the Common Core State Standards.
He believes that the corporate reform movement has foisted the Common Core standards on the schools, with
Maine Charter School Commission: “Backbones of Titanium”
Maine Governor Paul LePage had a tantrum (or hissy fit) when the state’s Charter School Commission rejected four out of five applicants. He was especially annoyed because two of the four rejected were for-profit online corporations. As we learned from an exposé last fall in the Maine press, the state commissioner of education got help from Jeb Bush’s friends in writing a “digital learning” law for Maine. Governor LePage must have longed to
Indiana Legislators Hope to Silence Ritz
Karen Francisco, the fearless education writer at the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, describes here howRepublican legislators are planning to hack away at the powers of the state superintendent.
They are trying to reverse the defeat of Tony Bennett and negate the will of the voters, who overwhelmingly voted to Glenda Ritz as state superintendent.
With Republican supermajorities in both houses of the legislature, they have the votes to silence Ritz and the
They are trying to reverse the defeat of Tony Bennett and negate the will of the voters, who overwhelmingly voted to Glenda Ritz as state superintendent.
With Republican supermajorities in both houses of the legislature, they have the votes to silence Ritz and the
Hamburg Teachers: Stop Threatening Us
The Hamburg (NY) teachers union has refused to agree to a deal on teacher evaluations that would give all power to the superintendent; they want an independent person to make the final judgment when a teacher appeals a bad evaluation.
Negotiations broke down when an administrator threatened that teachers would be fired if no agreement was
Negotiations broke down when an administrator threatened that teachers would be fired if no agreement was
Diane in the Evening 1-15-13 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Blasts Rhee Report Card by dianerav The St. Louis Post-Dispatch tore apart Rhee’s shoddy report card, recognizing tat it is nothing more than an effort to foist her personal political preferences on the nation’s schools. Unfortunately the newspaper admires some of her bad ideas–like evaluating teachers by test scores–and is unaware that her IMPACT program in DC hasn’t made a difference. And it accepts her mistaken notion that teachers are the problem, not poverty, not inequitable resource, not overcrowded classes, not bad polici... more »