The best and worst education news of 2014 — so far
Larry Ferlazzo is a veteran teacher in California who writes a teacher advice blog for Education Week Teacher, has his own popular resource-sharing blog, and has written five books on education. Ferlazzo, who teaches English and Social Studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California, closely follows education news and every year, at least once […]
Northwestern’s journalism school misspells its name on 2014 diploma
Northwestern University’s Medill school of journalism changed its name several years back to this unwieldly title: Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. It wasn’t a popular decision; in fact, the Chicago Tribune made fun of the change in this 2010 story that started: Hogwarts faculty members voted this week in support of […]
In surprise move, key legislator allows state testing moratorium to pass
This actually happened: A key legislator listened to his constituents and changed his mind about an important piece of legislation, which changed the fate of the bill. It just happened in Rhode Island, where House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello first opposed a three-year moratorium on using a standardized test as a requirement for high school graduation, but then […]
6-22-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: A teacher’s plea to bosses: Give us ‘time and autonomy to create solutions’If you talk to teachers about their jobs, one of the things you will hear most consistently is that they don’t have enough time to plan, collaborate and learn from each other. Here is an open letter from a teacher to superintendents and administrators everywhere explaining why this is so important. It was writ