How college remediation rates are distorted — and why
Are a large percentage of high school graduates so unprepared for college when they get there that they have to take remedial courses to catch up? School reformers like to say so, and throw out big percentages of students who are said to need remediation. But where do these figures come from, and are they […]
A watershed moment for technology in education
It is more than likely that many of you don’t know much, if anything, about the “E-Rate,” which is formally the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund administered under the auspices of the Federal Communications Commission. The E-Rate offers discounts for schools and libraries to get Internet access and telecommunications. This week, the […]
The Answer Sheet 7-6-14
Answer Sheet: Departing NEA president blasts ‘incredible onslaught of corporate reformers’ — including Michelle RheeNational Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel delivered his final keynote speech at the 2014 Representative Assembly of the nation’s largest teachers union, blasting Michelle Rhee and other corporate school reformers, and urging the organization’s more than 3 million mem