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Bad tests by any other name are bad tests. Enough is enough. | Reclaim Reform
Bad tests by any other name are bad tests. Enough is enough. | Reclaim Reform: Bad tests by any other name are bad tests. Enough is enough.Posted on May 28, 2015by Ken PrevitiSeveral governors now find it to their political advantage to oppose Common Core State Standards, but they want to continue awarding the contracts for hundreds of millions of education tax dollars to their campaign donors who
South Korea, Its High PISA Scores, and Its Suicide App | deutsch29
South Korea, Its High PISA Scores, and Its Suicide App | deutsch29: South Korea, Its High PISA Scores, and Its Suicide AppHere is irony:In January 2014, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) noted that students from South Korea were tops at “creative problem solving” on the first such Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test:01/04/2014 – Students from
Time to Reform Mayoral Control
Time to Reform Mayoral Control: Time to Reform Mayoral ControlOn May 12, a Quinnipiac poll was released showing that two to one, New York City voters believe that the mayor should share control over our public schools with other elected officials. On Tuesday, Public Advocate Letitia James issued a report, calling for improvements to ensure sufficient checks and balances and more parent input in sc
How Kevin Johnson Destroyed A Black Mayors Group To Promote His Brand
How Kevin Johnson Destroyed A Black Mayors Group To Promote His Brand: How Kevin Johnson Destroyed A Black Mayors Group To Promote His BrandThe African American Mayors Association, led by Kevin Johnson, opens its annual meeting today in Washington, D.C. The former NBA star and current mayor of Sacramento has been the president of the association since its founding in 2013—when, as president of the
Jeb Bush Emailed With Education Secretary About Rick Scott's Common Core Concerns - BuzzFeed News
Jeb Bush Emailed With Education Secretary About Rick Scott's Common Core Concerns - BuzzFeed News: Jeb Bush Emailed With Education Secretary About Rick Scott’s Common Core ConcernsWhen Florida Gov. Rick Scott called Arne Duncan to discuss Common Core, Duncan turned to an unlikely adviser: Jeb Bush.Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sought — and received — advice from Jeb Bush about how to deal wit
This Week In Education: Thompson: How Houston's Test and Punish Policies Fail
This Week In Education: Thompson: How Houston's Test and Punish Policies Fail: Thompson: How Houston's Test and Punish Policies FailAs the normative test, sort, and punish approach to reform continues to fail, I often recall Houston'sApollo 20 experiment, designed to bring "No Excuses" charter school methods to neighborhood schools. Its output-driven, reward and punish policies failed.
Christie: Dump Common Core education standards | NJ.com
Christie: Dump Common Core education standards | NJ.com: Christie: Dump Common Core education standardsPEMBERTON — Navigating New Jersey interests and a likely presidential campaign, Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday proposed dropping national Common Core education standards he once supported but have since become a lighting rod issue for Republican voters.The governor, speaking at Burlington County
The Unintended (and Mostly Ignored) Lesson of Common Core: Race Inequity | the becoming radical
The Unintended (and Mostly Ignored) Lesson of Common Core: Race Inequity | the becoming radical: THE UNINTENDED (AND MOSTLY IGNORED) LESSON OF COMMON CORE: RACE INEQUITYYou would be well advised to read Andre Perry’s examination of Common Core and race, carefully and possibly more than once: How Common Core serves white folks a sliver of the black experience.I would also like to draw your attentio
Developing Workplaces Where Teachers Stay, Improve, And Succeed | Shanker Institute
Developing Workplaces Where Teachers Stay, Improve, And Succeed | Shanker Institute: Developing Workplaces Where Teachers Stay, Improve, And Succeedby Matthew A. Kraft John P. Papay -- May 28, 2015Our guest authors today are Matthew A. Kraft and John P. Papay. Kraft is an Assistant Professor of Education at Brown University. Papay is an Assistant Professor of Education and Economics at Brown Uni
Meet the Latest Secret Free-Market Group That Wants to Take Over Your Public School - In These Times
Meet the Latest Secret Free-Market Group That Wants to Take Over Your Public School - In These Times: Meet the Latest Secret Free-Market Group That Wants to Take Over Your Public SchoolThe Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has been an invisible player in the free-market education reform movement.This story originally appeared at The Progressive.Don’t look now, but there’s something cre
Pay to Prey: Governors Facilitate the Predatory Outsourcing of America's Public Services | PR Watch
Pay to Prey: Governors Facilitate the Predatory Outsourcing of America's Public Services | PR Watch: Pay to Prey: Governors Facilitate the Predatory Outsourcing of America's Public ServicesMaggots, drug smuggling, sex with inmates. As if the news were not already bad enough, shocking new allegations of a murder-for-hire plot are emerging from Michigan as the media digs deeper into that state's fai
What the heck is going on with Wisconsin public education? - The Washington Post
What the heck is going on with Wisconsin public education? - The Washington Post: What the heck is going on with Wisconsin public education?What is the Wisconsin Legislature trying to do to public education in Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s state?State Superintendent Tony Evers has gone on record accusing lawmakers of moving toward new legislation “that erodes the basic foundation of Wisconsin’s p
Report: US Kids Are Poorer Than They Were Decades Ago | PopularResistance.Org
Report: US Kids Are Poorer Than They Were Decades Ago | PopularResistance.Org: Report: US Kids Are Poorer Than They Were Decades AgoNote: Childhood poverty has risen for every major racial group since 2008, according to a National Center for Education Statistics report released Thursday. Do not expect major candidates for the presidency to mention this, as their campaign donors expand their wealt
As Mississippi delivers bad news to 5,600 third graders, stressed-out parents say there must be a better way - The Hechinger Report
As Mississippi delivers bad news to 5,600 third graders, stressed-out parents say there must be a better way - The Hechinger Report: As Mississippi delivers bad news to 5,600 third graders, stressed-out parents say there must be a better wayWill holding back thousands of third-graders boost student performance in Mississippi?ROLLTON, Miss. — In the weeks leading up to Mississippi’s new third-grade
Award-Winning Teacher Fired for Reading an Allen Ginsberg Poem - The Daily Beast
Award-Winning Teacher Fired for Reading an Allen Ginsberg Poem - The Daily Beast: Award-Winning Teacher Fired for Reading an Allen Ginsberg PoemDefenders of Connecticut teacher David Olio say one mistake shouldn’t have cost him his job. But why is the work of a towering figure of 20th-century American poetry out of bounds?It was the kind of moment teachers covet. An advanced AP English class focus
Mayor Mike Duggan: Return Detroit schools to Detroiters
Mayor Mike Duggan: Return Detroit schools to Detroiters: Duggan: Return Detroit schools to Detroitershere's no shortage of plans to restructure Detroit's schools, but until now we hadn't heard definitively from Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, the public official most directly accountable to Detroiters.That changed Wednesday night at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference,when Duggan
Why are so many states replacing Common Core with carbon copies? - The Hechinger Report
Why are so many states replacing Common Core with carbon copies? - The Hechinger Report: Why are so many states replacing Common Core with carbon copies?Getting a fresh set of standards should be easy in a state where Common Core is opposed 39 percent to 51 percent, right?Louisiana is poised to join the roster of states putting the Common Core standards under review. But in states that have scuttl
The High School Where Students Wear Scrubs - NationalJournal.com
The High School Where Students Wear Scrubs - NationalJournal.com: The High School Where Students Wear ScrubsA Sacramento public high school blends work-based learning, medical science, and academics for a new generation of vocational education.At Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School (HPHS), students wear scrubs to class. They use algebra to calculate dosages. They study books like The
Teachers Union Sounds Alarm Over Use of Hamden Student Data | NBC Connecticut
Teachers Union Sounds Alarm Over Use of Hamden Student Data | NBC Connecticut: Teachers Union Sounds Alarm Over Use of Hamden Student DataThe Hamden school system turned over data to an education research group and leaders with one of Connecticut's largest teachers' unions say the group is worried about how it will be used."We’re very very concerned about the rights of students and parents of
How to make standardized tests fairer - The Washington Post
How to make standardized tests fairer - The Washington Post: How to make standardized tests fairerThe standardized testing onslaught that has dominated public schools in recent years — and a growing resistance movement by parents, students and educators — has persuaded some states to review the load of K-12 assessments with an eye toward eliminating exams deemed unnecessary. In fact, some states
NCES Releases The Condition of Education 2015
The Condition of Education 2015:The Condition of Education 2015 The American education landscape is shifting.More U.S. school-age kids live in poverty and need English-language services, according to a report released Thursday by the National Center for Education Statistics.Enrollment in public schools is up, including in charter schools that have grown in popularity. At the same time, smaller num
Rauner paying education czar $250k from agency that funds autism, epilepsy services | Chicago
Rauner paying education czar $250k from agency that funds autism, epilepsy services | Chicago: Rauner paying education czar $250k from agency that funds autism, epilepsy servicesSPRINGFIELD — Gov. Bruce Rauner has defended his practice of paying top dollar to high-level state employees, saying he was willing to take the arrows to lure good people to government.But records obtained by the Chicago S
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Choosing Democracy: These Students Want an Education
Choosing Democracy: These Students Want an Education: These Students Want an EducationChildren and young adults need to see themselves in the curriculum. Students, particularly students of color, have low levels of attachment to our communities, to California and U.S. civics messages in significant part because the government institution they encounter the most- the schools- ignore the students
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SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMCURMUDGUCATION: A Voucher By Any Other NameCURMUDGUCATION: A Voucher By Any Other Name: A Voucher By Any Other NameThe New York legislature is getting ready to look at Education Tax Credits again. I know this because advocates are busy pushing it on twitter, including and most especially the Catholic Schools of New York. "We need your help to pass the educa
