teacherken at Daily Kos This Week
The Failure of Test-Based Accountability
is the title of this blog at Education Week by Marc Tucker. Diane Ravitch calls it the best thing she has ever read by Tucker, who is the president and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy and an internationally recognized expert on education reform and a leader in benchmarking the policies and practices of the countries with the best education systems in the world. (backgroun
MAR 11
Ras Baraka - educator, progressive, candidate for mayor
Sometimes we encounter a unique voice, even in politics, one which we might not be expecting, but to which we should pay attention, and even more, give our support. On Saturday I was one of a small group of DC-area education bloggers who had a unique experience. We were invited guests for a political fundraiser in the Langston Hughes room of the original Busboys and Poets, at 14th and V Streets N
MAR 07
"Slavery’s story is America’s story."
That is the final line of Eugene Robinson's powerful Washington Post column, THe American Story of Slavery. I will offer blockquotes without hotlinks because you should read the entire column. Robinson begins by noting Hollywood has finally taken an unflinching look at slavery. It’s past time for the rest of the country to do the same. He goes on to write We tell ourselves that we know all abou