NY teachers union pulls its support from Common Core, urges removal of state ed chief
The Board of Directors of the New York State United Teachers, a union with more than 600,000 members, has approved a resolution that withdraws its earlier support for the Common Core State Standards ”as implemented and interpreted” by the New York Education Department. It also declares ”no confidence” in the policies of State Education Commissioner John King and calls […]
Poverty and the education opportunity gap: Will Obama step up in SOTU?
President Obama is expected to talk about the issue of wealth inequality in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. The question is whether he will advocate policies that actually address it or continue to push education policies that ignore the real problems facing poor children. The following was written by Kevin Welner, director […]
All Week @ The Answer Sheet 1-25-14
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetStarr to Duncan: ‘I resent implication that we lifelong public educators are liars’U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday that talked about school reforms and praised both Tennessee and D.C. Public Schools for increased test scores. He wrote: We don’t know all the reasons why students did better in Tennessee