A Little Test for Test Junkies (and Time Traveling with Vonnegut) – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER:
by plthomasedd
f you are a proponent of testing, please take the following test:
1) Do you think public education is currently fulfilling its purpose in the U.S.?
[If you answer "No," please continue.]
2) Did you know that public schools began to depend heavily on testing in the early 2oth century?
[If you answer "Yes," please continue.]
3) Did you know public schools have focused on high-stakes testing as part of holding those schools accountable since the early 1980s?
[If you answer "Yes," please continue.]
4) Choose the best answer: High-stakes standardized testing has
a) not solved the problems facing public education, but has likely done great harm.
[If you chose "a)," please continue.]
For your successful completion of this quiz, please read the following as a reward
by Chalk Face, PhD
There’s some really creative resistance happening in Chicago. The massive school closures there have ignited a great conflagration. For all of the Mayor’s apparent political wisdom, how could city officials assume this would happen without a fight? Well, I have a few links for you. First, watch the video. Then, check out At the Chalk […]
by rdsathene
Professor Diane Ravitch — Monica Ratliff for Los Angeles School Board There is a big race in Los Angeles on May 21. It is a run-off that will determine who controls the board. There are two candidates. One–Monica Ratliff–is a working classroom teacher, the other worked on the staff of corporate-friendly Mayor Villaraigosa and has […]
by Kris Nielsen
A little more light-hearted way to sum up the reality. Yes, I need a little brain break. Filed under: KRIS NIELSEN: First, Do No Harm Tagged: common core
by Chalk Face, PhD
Reblogged from Fred Klonsky: "Tweeting is an art." Randi is to Twitter as George W is to painting. The trouble all began when American Federation of Teachers President issued a statement in support of the We Are One/Cullerton bill. The bill, SB2404 is Senate President Cullerton's attempt to circumvent the pension protection provision of the […]
