As the title says. But this, to justify: As soon as Coleman became president of the College Board in October, he said the SAT could be improved. Before joining the board, he helped write the Common Core standards in English for kindergarten through grade 12 that have been adopted by 46 states and the District. The […]
Have you seen this apology from a high school teacher? #highered
February 11, 2013 By 3 Comments
I’m really liking Ken Bernstein’s apology to higher education faculty from a high school teacher. Actually, it’s a warning. A warning, it is. From my experience, I just started recently teaching freshmen who could have been fifth graders I taught years ago at the pre-dawn of NCLB. Unfortunately, I don’t have the kind of perspective […]
Kopp’s shameless self-promotion in the guise of a Kozol book review
September 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
“Ms. Kopp’s husband, Richard Barth, was an Edison executive before taking over as CEO of KIPP’s national foundation, where he has sought to decertify its New York City unions.” — Jesse James Alred One thing I’ll concede to the corporate education reformers is their uncanny ability to use anything as a sales pitch for neoliberalism […]
A new way for me to think about #HST from the Answer Sheet via @valeriestrauss
April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
#TFA advances a #conservative #edreform agenda
December 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Not necessarily a Republican agenda, but a small-c conservative one. That’s what history professor Andrew Hartman claims, and I of course agree. But here’s a point that resonates with me in particular: In 1988, Princeton student Wendy Kopp wrote a thesis arguing for a national teacher corps, modeled on the Peace Corps — the archetype of liberal volunteerism […]
What’s up dusters, have a good holiday? Well, I’m back with a perfect #edreform score!
December 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Happy Holidays! Back online! It’s amazing how lost in the wilderness I feel when not connected at home here in Pittsburgh. That’s probably a good thing, you know? In any case, I took the edreform quiz from the Answer Sheet, got myself a perfect score. How about you? And the whole thing about Dusters in […]
The “viral-ness” of a Florida school board member taking an #FCAT #test, from the #Answer #Sheet
December 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The #school #board member taking the #test: is this just another occasion of #teacher voices being ignored?
December 9, 2011 By 2 Comments
Whoa, that’s a long title. Nevertheless, I keep reading about this school board member who took the Florida high school test and earned a D. Interesting. Tim and I talked about it At the Chalk Face (hint, hint) yesterday. I support it. It’s all fun and that and junk. However, haven’t teachers and students been […]
#School #choice #FAIL
December 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Great op-ed in WaPo about the ground game in the school choice movement from the perspective of a parent whose family was supposed to be better served by a little competition. Not so: The situation for Washington’s working- and middle-class families may be bleak, but we are hardly alone. Despite the lack of proof that […]
A round-up of some important stories out there on testing
From the asinine: DC custodial staff evaluated by test scores Here’s a plane being assembled mid-air. And finally, a lawsuit brewing in FL over evaluations based on students they never taught. Happens everywhere people.