Leonie Haimson to Mayor de Blasio: Cancel the Tests for Gifted and Talented Programs NOW!
Parent advocate Leonie Haimson has written an urgent plea to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza. They acknowledge that the...
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Peter Greene: Rhode Island is a Henhouse Controlled by Foxes
Peter Greene turns his attention to Rhode Island and finds that it has been subject to a corporate education reform takeover. Not only is the...
Leonie Haimson: NYC DOE Finds $6 Million for Pearson
Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, reports that the NYC Department of Education plans to award $6 million to testing giant Pearson, despite...
Is It Time to Say Farewell to Pearson EdTPA?
https://www.educationdive.com/news/is-edtpa-standing-in-the-way-of-getting-more-teachers-into-classrooms/572969/ Educators disagree about the value, validity, and reliability of the Pearson EdTPA, which is mandated in many states as the gateway to entering teaching....
Owen Davis: How Pearson and Other Test Makers Made a Killing on the U.S. Testing Mania
Owen Davis writes here about the enrichment of the testing industry by No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. The testing and accountability craze...
Alan Singer: Massive Data Breach at Pearson
Alan Singer writes her about the massive data breach at Pearson, which was covered up for nearly a year. He writes: “And you thought it...
SCANDAL! Tennessee: Fake “Reform” Group Endorses Annual Testing
A Corporate Reform group in Tennessee released its own poll claiming that most voters in the state approve of annual testing. The group called...
Tennessee Outsources State Testing to Pearson
Tennessee has had endless problems with its state tests. They are called TNReady, but they are NeverReady. The state just chose Pearson to manage...
Pearson’s Plans for 2025: Make Sure You Are Seated When You Read This
Pearson has plans for the future. Its plans involve students, education, and profits. Pearson, of course, is the British mega-publishing corporation that has an all-encompassing...
Peter Greene: Data Analytics Firm Knewton Bites the Dust
Well, here is a nice development for those of us who object to depersonalized learning. The data analytics firm called Knewton is going out of...