What Does the PISA Report Tell Us About U.S. Education?
When the OECD releases the PISA report every three years, many people use the ranking to claim public education in the U.S. is failing and push their corporate education reform agenda. But looking at the data, lessons that can be learned from the highest performing countries point in a completely different direction. For more information: http://go.aft.org/pisa #ReclaimIt
12-3-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Harry and the Common CoreA couple of nights ago I was at a small gathering where Harry's mom was responding to comments about how much Harry, now "five and a half" as he is quick to tell you, has shot up in the past few months. Oh, he's doing great, says Harry's mom, except for a bit of a dexterity problem in his hands. And how do we know of this problem? It has been po