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From Spellings to Duncan: Using NAEP as Policy Propaganda
While Secretary of Education (2005-2009), Margaret Spellings announced that a jump of 7 points in NAEP reading scores from 1999-2005 was proof No Child Left Behind was working. The problem, however, was in the details: During President George W. Bush’s tenure, NCLB was a corner stone of his agenda, and when then-Secretary Spellings announced that test scores were proving NCLB a success, Gerald Bra
Learning and Teaching in Scarcity: How High-Stakes ‘Accountability’ Cultivates Failure | Alternet
Learning and Teaching in Scarcity: How High-Stakes ‘Accountability’ Cultivates Failure | Alternet.
NOV 07
remnant 38: “I still owe money to the money to the money I owe”
remnant 38: “I still owe money to the money to the money I owe”.
NAEP? Nope: Why (Almost) Everyone Will Misread (Again) Data on Gaps
Let the data orgy begin! NAEP data have been released and I anticipate almost as much time and money will be wasted on the data as has been wasted on administering the tests, scoring the tests, and creating the handy web link to all that data—notably the predictable link to gaps. [For the record, most of these data charts can be prepared without any child ever taking tests; just use the socioecono
CAUTION: Technology!
In the myriad debates surrounding implementation of Common Core and the concurrent tests, the sheer costs of this process tends to be ignored. Another issue related to both CC and the related costs is yet another series of commitments to technology as a part of the perpetual education reform process. Here is a reposting of a presentation [see Note below] I gave offering a stern caution about our r
Schools Matter: Union Leadership as Political Sleight of Hand
Schools Matter: Union Leadership as Political Sleight of Hand.
NOV 05
Are Common Core and Testing Debates “Two Different Matters”?
A comment posted on my blog about union support for Common Core (CC)—which parallels my blog post about Secretary Duncan and the Obama administration’s support for CC—represents a typical response coming from standards advocates in the CC debate: “You can’t combine the issue of high stakes testing with the common core [sic] they are two different matters.” Alfie Kohn in January 2010 argued against
NOV 04
Rising Weight of Poverty on Public Schools
[This ran without hyperlinks at The Greenville News (November 1, 2013) and The Charleston Post & Courier (November 4, 2013)] According to 1860 census data, South Carolina had the highest percentage (57.2%) of its population as slaves in the U.S. Beaufort County (82.8%) and Georgetown County (85.7%) represented the significant impact of slave populations along the coast. The legacy of the scar
Fight poverty to fix S.C. schools – The Post and Courier
Fight poverty to fix S.C. schools – The Post and Courier.
Evidence? Randi Weingarten Ignores the Evidence
Evidence? Randi Weingarten Ignores the Evidence via Evidence? Randi Weingarten Ignores the Evidence.
NOV 03
Zombies, “Scarcity,” and Understanding Poverty
The original comic book series The Walking Dead opens with “This is not good” in the panel depicting police officers pinned behind their patrol car by gun fire. The page ends with officer Rick Grimes being shot, followed by a full-page panel on the next page of Rick waking with a gasp in the hospital. Zombies are soon to follow. Preceding this first story is an introduction from creator Robert Kir
NOV 02
Guest column: S.C. schools have poverty problem | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.com
Guest column: S.C. schools have poverty problem | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.com.
From Spellings to Duncan: Using NAEP as Policy Propaganda | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs
From Spellings to Duncan: Using NAEP as Policy Propaganda | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs
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At the Chalk Face: From Spellings to Duncan: Using NAEP as Policy Propaganda | National Education Policy Center
At the Chalk Face: From Spellings to Duncan: Using NAEP as Policy Propaganda | National Education Policy Center
Learning and Teaching in Scarcity: How High-Stakes 'Accountability' Cultivates Failure | Alternet
Learning and Teaching in Scarcity: How High-Stakes 'Accountability' Cultivates Failure | Alternet
NOV 07
Schools Matter: Union Leadership as Political Sleight of Hand
Schools Matter: Union Leadership as Political Sleight of Hand
Are Common Core and Testing Debates “Two Different Matters”? | Public School Shakedown
Are Common Core and Testing Debates “Two Different Matters”? | Public School Shakedown
NOV 06
Radical Scholarship: Are Common Core and Testing Debates “Two Different Matters”? | National Education Policy Center
Radical Scholarship: Are Common Core and Testing Debates “Two Different Matters”? | National Education Policy Center
NOV 05
Are Common Core and Testing Debates “Two Different Matters”? | the becoming radical
Are Common Core and Testing Debates “Two Different Matters”? | the becoming radical
NOV 04
Fight poverty to fix S.C. schools – The Post and Courier
Fight poverty to fix S.C. schools – The Post and Courier
Evidence? Randi Weingarten Ignores the Evidence – @ THE CHALK FACE
Evidence? Randi Weingarten Ignores the Evidence – @ THE CHALK FACE
NOV 03
Zombies, “Scarcity,” and Understanding Poverty | the becoming radical
Zombies, “Scarcity,” and Understanding Poverty | the becoming radical
NOV 02
Guest column: S.C. schools have poverty problem | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.com
Guest column: S.C. schools have poverty problem | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.com
