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Gary Rubinstein: The Incredible Shrinking and Failing KIPP Schools in Tennessee

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 23, 2022January 24, 2022

January 23, 2022January 24, 2022017

Gary Rubinstein began his career as a Teach for America recruit in 1991 and got to know many of the key figures in the corporate...

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Nancy Bailey: There is No Need to Give NAEP Tests in Kindergarten!

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 22, 2022January 23, 2022

January 22, 2022January 23, 2022014

Experienced teacher Nancy Bailey opposes Michael Petrilli’s proposal to give NAEP tests to kindergartners. Petrilli, who is president of the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute...

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Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers? Readers Respond

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 3, 2022January 4, 2022

January 3, 2022January 4, 2022022

Last week, I posted my thoughts on “Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers?” I sought to identify the people and organizations that spread the lie that...

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Gary Rubinstein: One of the “Most Dangerous” Reformers Will Be #2 in NYC Ed Department

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 12, 2021December 13, 2021

December 12, 2021December 13, 2021029

Gary Rubinstein writes here about the new leadership of the New York City Department of Education. He begins: Eric Adams will become the next Mayor...

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Nancy Bailey: An Overview of the War Against the Teaching Profession

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 10, 2021December 11, 2021

December 10, 2021December 11, 2021035

Nancy Bailey has assembled a devastating review of a three-decades long effort to destroy the teaching profession and replace it with models derived from the...

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After 25 Years, New York City Teachers Win Largest Legal Settlement Ever from NYC

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 28, 2021November 29, 2021

November 28, 2021November 29, 2021064

In 1996, a group of Black and Hispanic teachers sued the City of New York for requiring them to pass tests that were, they said,...

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Peter Greene: Ranking States by Their Hostility to Public Education

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 21, 2021November 22, 2021

November 21, 2021November 22, 2021050

Peter Greene realized that supporters of public education have been lacking the very thing that catches the attention of the public and the media: reports...

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Billy Townsend: Is the Era of High-Stakes Standardized Testing Coming to an End?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 15, 2021October 16, 2021

October 15, 2021October 16, 2021048

Billy Townsend of Florida writes here about an emerging development: the end of high-stakes testing. As a candidate, Biden promised to end it, but didn’t....