August 2017 - Teaching Blog

Robert Shepherd: Why the Standards-and-Testing Approach Doesn’t Work in ELA

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Robert Shepherd is a teacher, curriculum developer, author, and much more. Here is how he describes himself on his website: “Interests: curriculum design, pedagogical approaches,...

Education Reform

Johann Neem: The Founding Fathers Wanted Public Schools: We Should Protect Their Vision

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Johann Neem is a historian who specializes in the study of colonial American education. He wrote the following wonderful post that summarizes his excellent new...

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Fred Smith: How De Blasio Juked the Stats to Overstate Test Score Gains

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Fred Smith is a testing expert who knows how test scores can be manipulated and statistics can be twisted into data pretzels. In this post,...

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New America Foundation Releases Emails with Critic of Google

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The New America Foundation released three emails in response to articles about the firing of Barry Lynn, who was planning an event critical of Google,...

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John Merrow: How Do We Learn to Hate? Reposted with New Link

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Reposted: new link. John Merrow recalls an anti-Semitic incident on the playing fields from his youth. He recently heard from the boys (men) involved and...

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Example: When the Incompetent Hire the Malevolent

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Which is the incompetent? Which is the malevolent? Or are they both? Neither is qualified by experience or temperament for the jobs they hold. This...

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DeVos Hires Former Dean of For-Profit “University” to Police Fraud in Higher Education

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Zorba says: Yes, you’re right. She would like for all schools to be totally privatized. Preferably with a right-wing, Christianist curriculum to brainwash the kids.Between...

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Mercedes Schneider: Beware, Houston! They Will Use the Hurricane to Try to Privatize Your Public Schools

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Mercedes Schneider is a native of Louisiana. She hopes that the corporate reformers don’t do to Houston’s public schools what they did to those in...

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Nicholas Tampio Slams ESSA As Common Core in Disguise

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At a meeting at Fordham University, Professor Nicholas Tampio slammed ESSA as the same old Common Core, with lipstick. If Nick sends me his speech,...

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My Response to Andrew Tobias about the “Success” of Success Academy

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Andrew Tobias writes about the economy and politics. I recently subscribed to his blog. I received a post gushing about Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy charters,...

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Month : August 2017

Robert Shepherd: Why the Standards-and-Testing Approach Doesn’t Work in ELA

Johann Neem: The Founding Fathers Wanted Public Schools: We Should Protect Their Vision

Fred Smith: How De Blasio Juked the Stats to Overstate Test Score Gains

New America Foundation Releases Emails with Critic of Google

John Merrow: How Do We Learn to Hate? Reposted with New Link

Example: When the Incompetent Hire the Malevolent

DeVos Hires Former Dean of For-Profit “University” to Police Fraud in Higher Education

Mercedes Schneider: Beware, Houston! They Will Use the Hurricane to Try to Privatize Your Public Schools

Nicholas Tampio Slams ESSA As Common Core in Disguise

My Response to Andrew Tobias about the “Success” of Success Academy