Mercedes Schneider: How a Backhoe in Kansas Canceled Testing in Alaska
I think we should hire this backhoe driver and put him to work in the other 49 states, especially North Carolina, Florida, Arizona, California, Ohio,...
Month : April 2016
Iowa Teachers: What Do You Think of the “Iowa Core” Literacy Standards
Iowa adopted the Common Core standards but renamed them the “Iowa Core.” They read just like the Common Core standards. Teachers in K-3 are concerned...
Boston: McKinsey Recommends Closing 40% of Public Schools to Save Money
The Boston Globe reports that Boston gave McKinsey $660,000 to audit the schools. McKinsey proposed that the city could save millions by closing 40% of...
Pastafarians Are Becoming a Force (or a Farce) in American Society
A few days ago, in the midst of the discussion of the Tennessee legislation allowing mental health professionals to refuse to serve any patient if...
Howard Blume: Los Angeles Charters Try to Offload Teacher Pensions on District
Howard Blume reports that charters in Los Angeles are trying to avoid the cost of paying pensions by advising teachers who near retirement age to...
Is HB2 a Trojan Horse?
Many people have vented their frustration and outrage about the “bathroom bill” called HB2 in North Carolina. It is so pointless since no one knows...
California: One Student Starts Huge Opt Out in Burbank
Sam Gorman, a junior at Burbank High School, started an opt out movement that was joined by 40% of the students in his class. He...
Rutgers Has an Answer to Harvard: Scholars, Not Politicians, Speak about School Reform
I earlier posted about a reformy conference at Harvard Graduate School of Education where corporate reformers have the platform to themselves, to praise the measure-and-punish-and-privatize...
Low-Performing Students Decline Most on NAEP Test of Seniors
The recent release of the test scores of seniors on the National Assessment of Educational Progress reported that low-performing students suffered the biggest declines. “Much...
Nikhil Goyal Interviews Jane Sanders about Education Issues
Nikhil Goyal is a precocious college student at Goddard College who wrote a book about education (“One Size Does Not Fit All”) while he was in...