What’s Not to Like About Exeter? Sidwell? Lakeside? Dalton?
The folks at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute are struggling to come to terms with the New York testing disaster. They certainly will not retreat from their deep faith in standardized testing, and they insist that there must be more parent choice, even though parents are sick of the excessive testing and most continue to choose their neighborhood school, if they still have one. This is my favorite
TFA: Just One Anecdote After Another
Paul Thomas here discusses the amazing phenomenon in which the TFA brand is losing its luster. The dissidents and defectors grow more numerous, and some are so angry that they go overboard.
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-11-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Losing the Heart of the CommunityWhat happens when privately managed charter schools replace public schools? when experienced teachers are replaced by TFA temporary teachers? A reader comments: “From what I can tell, Arizona’s TFA teachers are thought of as rock stars in education. Knights in shining armor to save the school day. I
