Duncan Tightens Federal Grip on Nation’s Public Schools
Education Week reports that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has tightened the screws on states and districts that get a waiver from NCLB issued by him. They must comply with his interpretation of teacher quality and must reaffirm their commitment to Common Core (“college=and-career-readiness standards”), while upping the ante on accountability. Based on his experience in Chicago, Duncan seems c
E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Replies to Randall Hendee
In an earlier post, retired high school English teacher Randall Hendee expressed his opposition to the Core Knowledge curriculum, which contains specific knowledge that students are expected to learn. Here, E.D. Hirsch, Jr., the founder of the Core Knowledge curriculum, responds to Hendee. Full disclosure : I was a board member of Hirsch’s Core Knowledge Foundation for several years. He has been
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-1-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: John Wilson: Who Is America’s Most Deceptive Governor?John Wilson, formerly executive director of the NEA, now writes in “Education Week,” where he posed the question above. Which governor ran as a moderate, then revealed himself as an anti-government, anti-teacher, anti-public school extremist as soon as he was elected? Perhaps yo
