The Failure of the Obama-Duncan “School Improvement Grants” and Its Lessons for Today
A while back, I read a vitriolic article in a rightwing publication that expressed contempt for the public schools and congratulated Betsy DeVos for trying...
Category : NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Do Children Have a Right to Play?
The title of this post may sound absurd. Of course, children should play; it need not be a “right,” as defined in law, but it...
What I Said About NCLB and Standardized Testing a Decade Ago
In 2011, I was interviewed by Terri Gross on “Fresh Air,” her NPR program. When my book The Death and Life of the Great American...
Gayle Greene: The Country Moves Forward, the Schools Remain Mired in the Past
Gayle Green is a professor emeritus at Scripps College. In this post, she rages about the stupidity of the Biden testing mandate. In other areas...
College Deans Speak Out Against High Stakes Testing
Scores of education deans signed a letter to Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), chair of the House Education Committee, in opposition to the recent announcement by...
Jeff Bryant: Biden Has a “Golden Opportunity” to Strengthen Public Education
Jeff Bryant wrote in the LA Progressive about President Biden’s “golden opportunity” to strengthen public education by throwing out two decades of failed “reforms.” As...
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...
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....
Jake Jacobs Reviewed Hillary’s Dreadful Education Plan
Jake Jacobs, an art teacher in New York City, a leader of New York BadAss Teachers, and a writer for The Progressive, read and reviewed...
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...