OECD Pimping for Common Core Testing Delivery System
PISA chief, Andrew Schleicher was on the PBS News Hour last week to talk about what might be learned from high scorers on the world's most watched international testing derby. He pointed to some interventions that seem to have proved successful that focused on improving teacher quality and more equitable educational opportunities as having particular promise. When Jeffrey Brown asked about the U
Is a New Day Dawning for Education?
Common Dreams is covering today's protests.If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?In: Physics, Philosophy and Philosophers, Brain Teasers and Logic PuzzlesAnswer:Most basic answer:No, because the definition of sound is "something that you hear." No one's there to hear the tree fall, so the tree doesn't make a sound. This answer is valid as long
December 10 is Human Rights Day
Tomorrow is Human Rights Day, probably the most neglected day on the school calendar. All teachers should use this opportunity to make children aware of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948. I hope you will share this document with all teachers.PREAMBLEWhereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal an
Ending the Achievement Gap With Music Education
Psychology Today Magazine advertises on the Huffington Post. In a recent article, PT reports on how important music education can be for brain development, as well as cognitive and emotional growth for children. Perhaps child psychologists and educators should be talking more.So why has the Department of Education and Arne Duncan and friends who care so much about children implemented policies tha
12-8-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Beginning to Understand How CorpEd Came to Dominate the National Leadership of AFT and NEAA couple of piece from the vault, one video featuring Randi and Bill at the AFT Conference in Seattle, and just below that a piece of text that provides some background on the corporate takeover of leadership in AFT and NEA.Originally posted 7/13/13:Coming to understand that NEA and AFT have b