Two Indiana Schools Closed Needlessly Because of Bennett’s “Fixes”
A newspaper story in Indiana says that if Tony Bennett had given the same break to other schools that he give to his favorite GOP campaign contributor, two Indianapolis schools would not have been closed. But unfortunately neither school had contributed to GOP campaigns, so there was no reason to save them. Which reminds me that I received this tweet: Angel Cintron, Jr. Bennett’s rubric: A=awesome
New NY Scores Prompt Increased Interest in Opting Out of Next State Tests
Long Island’s Newsday has a story about growing interest by parents in opting out of state testing. It says that the terrible scores will increase the number of parents who don’t let the schools test their children. William Johnson, the superintendent of Rockville Center district, says the scores are essentially useless. They dropped so far for so many students that he can’t make any sense of them
Gates Foundations Spends More Milkions on Corporate Reforms
The Gates Foundation just showered more millions on allies prepared to spread Bill Gates’ gospel of testing, test-based teacher evaluation, and Common Core. Millions for the young inexperienced teachers who fight tenure and demand testing (Educators4Excellence); millions for Jefferson County, Colorado, where the school board and superintendent believe in testing and privatization; millions to buy
Jeb Bush Criticizes Our Hero Matt Damon
Jeb Bush attacked superstar Matt Damon because he put his kids in private school in Los Angeles. Bush sent his own children to private school. He went after Matt because Matt spoke up for public schools in 2011. Matt went to public school in Cambridge. But everyone should support public education, no matter where their children go to school. Everyone pays for them. They benefit all of society.
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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Jersey Jazzman: “College and Career Ready” Standards Are a FraudJersey Jazzman noticed that the proportion of students rated as proficient by New York’s State Education Department is very nearly identical to the proportion in the population of the state with a four-year degree. It occurs to him that the phrase “college and career r