How Pearson’s Common Core Tests Are Designed to Fail Your Children
This is a must-read article. One of the best education writers in New York State is Gary Stern of lohud.com, which covers the Lower Hudson...
Month : July 2014
Tonight! Tweet to Stephen Colbert re Tenure Lawsuit
Teachers, time to make your voices heard! Parents, help your children’s teachers get fair treatment! Students, you need teachers who can speak truth without fear!...
Gary Rubinstein: Race to the Top Was a Wasted Opportunity
Gary Rubinstein, former TFA but now veteran high school math teacher wrote this article in Education Week about the failure of Race to the Top....
Jersey Jazzman: What Does Campbell Brown Want?
Jersey Jazzman writes that we know what Campbell Brown is against: bad teachers. She says teachers should have due process protections. So does Arne Duncan....
Pasi Sahlberg: How American Innovation Improved Finnish Education
The renowned Finnish educator, Pasi Sahlberg, explains how major American innovations improved education in Finland but are all too often forgotten here, where they originated....
The Guardian: Why Payment by Results Is “Dangerous Idiocy”
The Guardian of London has an excellent article that explains why payment by results always fails. The article is based on a study that the...
Protest Outside Colbert Show
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Julian Vinocur, [email protected], 212-328-9268Maria Bautista, [email protected], 347-622-9706 *** Media Advisory for July 31st, 4:15pm, Outside Colbert Report Studio Taping 513 West 54th...
I Think I Love Lily Eskelsen
I read Jeff Bryant’s interview with the President-elect of NEA, Lily Eskelsen, and I think I love her. She is smart, strong, and she doesn’t...
Rachel Aviv: How NCLB Harmed Children, Teachers, and the Meaning of Education
If you have not read Rachel Aviv’s “Wrong Answer” in The New Yorker, drop everything and read it now. Aviv tells the story of the...
Jeff Bryant: Will Campbell Brown Replace Michelle Rhee as the Face of “Reform”?
Jeff Bryant wonders whether Campbell Brown will replace Michelle Rhee as the public face of “reform”? Bryant describes the movement as “Blame Teachers First.” Bryant...