What You Need to Know About Standardized Testing
Valerie Strauss posted this article that I wrote on her Washington Post site “The Answer Sheet.” The tests now required by federal law are worthless....
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Pastors For Texas Children Ask U.S. Department of Education: Please Regulate the Growth of New Charters in Texas
The Pastors for Texas Children sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education seeking relief from the deluge of federal funding for charters that...
Steve Hinnefeld Reviews “A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door” by Schneider and Berkshire
Steve Hinnefeld, an Indiana blogger, reviews Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire’s new book A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door and finds that it resonates with...
Nancy Bailey: Business Terms Should Be Expelled from Our Schools
Last year, Nancy Bailey and I co-authored a glossary of words, terms, and the names of organizations in education today. It is called Edspeak and...
Commonweal: Stop Using Catholic Schools to Shame Public Schools
There was a time long ago when public schools were thriving, and Catholic schools were also thriving. They were not in competition for students or...
Andy Hargreaves: What Should Happen to Education Post-Pandemic?
Andy Hargreaves, a scholar of international renown, participated in a virtual seminar in South Korea about post-pandemic education. His 20-minute presentation is brilliant, pithy, and...
Pawan Dhingra on “Hyper Education” and Its Consequences
I recently read Pawan Dhingra’s new book Hyper Education, which explores the competitiveness that some parents feel about their children’s schooling and their fear that...
Stephanie Jones: Which Part of the Pandemic is a Real Crisis?
In this excellent article, Stephanie Jones, Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Georgia, draws a contrast between a real crisis–the pandemic–and the scare rhetoric...
Alexander and Blunt: Government Needs a “Shark Tank” Competition to Produce More Virus Tests
Lamar Alexander and Roy Blunt are senior Republican Senators who chair important committees. In this article, they propose a “shark tank” competition for government agencies,...
Peter Greene: Why Business Ideas Don’t Work in Education
Peter Greene once again nails a basic fact: education is not a business, and it can’t be run like a business. Business ideas work well...