March 2014 - Teaching Blog

Katie Osgood: Don’t Change Our Kids, Change Our World

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Katie Osgood works in a psychiatric hospital for adolescents. She weighs in here on the debate, if there is one, about “grit.” Grit meaning perseverance,...

New York’s Dumb State Budget Deal

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In writing the state budget, New York legislators totally capitulated to the billionaire-funded charter industry. Of course, they were egged on by Governor Cuomo, who...

Curriculum Resistance Texas

The Dallas Institute: An Intellectually Exciting Experience for Teachers

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This wonderful article in the American Educator describes the work of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, which has been conducting summer seminars for...

Andrew Cuomo Curriculum New York Research Students Testing

Sacrificing Social Workers, Psychologists, Counselors, the Arts, and Athletics for Test Prep

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Kathleen M. Cashin and Bruce S. Cooper are on the faculty of Fordham University. Dr. Cashin, an experienced educator, is also a member of the...

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US DOE Struggles to Prove That VAM Works, But It Doesn’t

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As is well known, the U. S. Department of Education zealously believes–like Michelle Rhee–that low test scores are caused by “bad” teachers. The way to...

Accountability Corporate Reformers Education Industry Teachers and Teaching Testing

Opt Your Child Out of State Testing: Don’t Feed the Machine

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This week begins the make-or-break, do-or-die standardized testing that will label your child a success or a failure. I urge you not to let your...

Education Industry New York Resistance Testing

This Public School Principal Decides to Homeschool His Youngest

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Tim Farley has had it. He knows what the state and federal government is mandating is wrong. He knows it hurts children. He will do...

Common Core New York Testing

Rob Astorino, Cuomo Opponent for Governor, Will Opt His Children Out of State Testing

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Rob Astorino, County Executive of Westchester County, announced today that he and his wife have decided to opt their three children out of state testing....