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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

12-17-13 The Answer Sheet

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Coalition to Duncan: Stop backtracking on teacher equity
A coalition of 95  civil rights, disability, parent, student, community and education organizations has sent the following letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan expressing deep concerns about what they see as the department’s backtracking on ensuring that the country’s neediest childrenhave access to highly qualified teachers as part of the process of renewing waivers to No […]    


12-16-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Study: Test-score gains don’t mean cognitive gainsIn a finding that should give pause to backers of standardized test-based school reform, a new study by neuroscientists at three major universities shows that students who achieved  the highest gains on standardized tests did not show the same gains in the ability to analyze material and think logically. The research, conducted by