Nancy Bailey: Is EdTrust Behind the Renewal of Standardized Testing?
Nancy Bailey explains why we should worry about who is making the decisions at the U.S. Department of Education before any of its top officials...
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Laura Chapman: On EdTrust’s “Demand” to Test Students This Spring
Laura Chapman is a regular reader and contributor. She is a retired educator and a crack researcher. She writes here about a letter from Education...
Breaking News! New York State Asks Feds for Testing Waiver for This Spring!
New York State education officials have agreed to request a waiver from the Secretary of Education from federally mandated testing this spring, due to the...
Peter Greene: Democrats Need a Major Restart for Education
You know the old line, “Failure is not an option.” Well, we have federal education policy built on the idea that failure doesn’t matter. Failure...
Teachers Tried Repeatedly to Help Shooter, Starting in Middle School
Teachers, social workers, and guidance counselors tried repeatedly to help Nicolas Cruz. His aberrant behavior started in middle school. He was known as...
The Day Arne Duncan Explained to Congress Why VAM Is Not VAM: UPDATE
Since 2009, when Race to the Top was launched, Arne Duncan has been an avid proponent of evaluating teachers by test scores. Some states evaluate...
Senate Committee Reaches Agreement on Néw ESEA
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Senator Patti Murray (D-Wa.) announced agreement on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (currently called No Child Left...
Rick Hess: Maybe Duncan Doesn’t Want to Change NCLB
Rick Hess has a fresh idea about Arne Duncan’s perspective on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind: he likes things just the way they...
Here Is Proof that Arne Duncan is a Destructive Force in American Education
Arne Duncan issued waivers to 43 states to allow them to avoid the sanctions of the No Child Left Behind Law, passed in 2001, signed...
Laura H. Chapman: What Federal Law Says About the Role of the Federal Department of Education
Laura H. Chapman provides here the relevant federal statutes that restrict the role of federal officials to prevent federal intrusion and control of public education....