ASD in TN Makes State Test the Only Grade that Counts
We have known for a long time that school grades are better indicators of later student success than standardized test scores, and we have known, too, that many parents have complained and continue to complain when their children get passing marks and are held back for failing the state test. Well, both of those possibilities have just been eliminated in Memphis schools under the control of Supt.
Indiana BATS: Take Action Now Against Mike Pence's Public Education Power Grab
By Doug Martin UPDATE: Fellow Schools Matter blogger Douglas Storm will be speaking with Vic Smith, Phil Harris, and Gary Crow (IU School of Ed) at 6pm tonight live on his radio show. You can stream it live at WFHB. As I’ve mentioned before, if Hoosiers want to slow down the attacks of the corporate-theocratic-government school movement against public education in Indiana, we must take action.
The Assault on Public Education in SC Continues: More Innovation!
How much education innovation can a high-poverty state take?Apparently, according to former-general-without-a-second-of-experience-as-a-teacher Superintendent Mick Zais, just a little more.As reported by Patrick Hayes at EdFirstSC (and not reported at the Charleston Post and Courier because the P&C is all about endorsing the worst possible policies for SC public schools, such as merit pay and
9-30-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Mike Pence’s Faith-Based Quest to Corporatize PreschoolBy Doug MartinEven though Indiana does not fund preschool and even failed to pass a law for a preschool pilot program recently, Mike Pence has a newly-formed early childhood learning advisory committee which doesn’t seem to be meant to help the situation. In fact, the advisory committee reflects a free-market biblical capitalis