Most Milwaukee Charter Schools Fall Below Expectations
Newly released state report cards show that 53% of independent charter schools in Milwaukee are not meeting expectations. Erin Richards of the Journal-Sentinel writes: Despite...
Month : January 2014
A Forum on Emerging Issues in North Carolina: Comments?
I will be in Raleigh, North Carolina, on February 11 to participate in the Emerging Issues Forum. It brings together strong partisans from very different...
Gates Foundation Cheers the Growing “Momentum” of Common Core
The Gates Foundation has spent $200 million or so to pay for the Common Core standards. Gates paid for everything because the U.S. Department of...
New York Plans Cradle-to-Grave Data Tracking of Students
Here is another reason to opt your children out of state testing. The state plans to collect data on every student throughout their lives, on...
Connecticut Teacher: Why I Want to Quit Teaching: UPDATE
[Note to readers: I abridged this article to comply with copyright limits. Please open the link and read the article in full at the Hartford...
Maryland Superintendents Protest Rushed Implementation of “Reforms”
Valerie Strauss reports that almost all the superintendents in the state of Maryland signed a letter protesting the rushed timetable for Arne Duncan’s favorite reforms....
States Finding New Names to Rebrand Common Core
Lyndsey Layton at the Washington Post reports that the name “Common Core” has become so toxic in some states that officials are calling it something...
Di Blasio Administration Shifts Funding from Charter Schools to Pre-School Plan
During his campaign, Mayor Bill Di Blasio pledged to provide universal pre-kindergarten for all children whose families can’t afford it. He said he would pay...
A Veteran Principal Eloquently Denounces Common Core and Race to the Top
This powerful speech was written and delivered by Frank Sutliff to a crowd of concerned citizens and educators at the Oneonta (New York) Forum on...
Are the Members and Staff of the NY Board of Regents Effective?
This statement was written by Katie Zahedi and Bianca Tanis. Katie Zahedi is principal at Linden Avenue Middle School in Red Hook, NY, and serves...