Say What?
" (Bill) Gates has said that one of the benefits of common standards would be to open the classroom to digital learning, making it easier for software developers — including Microsoft — to develop new products for the country’s 15,000 school districts. In February, Microsoft announced that it was joining Pearson, the world’s largest educational publisher, to load Pearson’s Common Core class
Inigo Montoya challenges common core testing program
Comment on Ed Week blog, ELLs Test-Drive New English-Language Proficiency AssessmentsPosted at: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-thelanguage/2014/06/wida_field_testing_new_english.htmlInigo Montoya: You keep using that word.I do not think it means what you think it means. ... (from: The Princess Bride). We are told that ELLs are about to "test drive" the "New English-Langu
JUN 06
Arne Duncan suggests year-round school as a solution to the summer slide. I disagree.
Posted on: http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2014/06/05/the-impact-of-the-summer-slide/ Arne Duncan has suggested that year-round school is the solution to the summer slide. Thanks to the common core, year-round school will make things worse. Research tells us that those living in poverty have the least access to books. Students living in poverty also show the most summer loss, and those who re
More Money For On-Line Testing?
Posted as a comment on "Ed. Groups Urge More Federal Spending for Common-Core Tests," at: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2014/06/more_federal_funds_for_common-.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS3More money to support the biggest boondoggle in the history of education? There is zero research supporting the value of on-line testing, and no plans to do even small scale studies. The amoun
JUN 02
This should settle the bilingual education debate
Sent to Education Week, June 2, 2014Lesli Maxwell is right: Things have changed dramatically since the dismantling of bilingual education in California caused by the passage of Proposition 227 ("Proposal to restore bilingual education in California advances," May 28). The most important change is that there is more evidence than ever that bilingual education works, that bilingual educat
