Illinois: Stop Testing K-2 Kids!
IMPORTANT!!! K-2 Testing Bill (PROHIBITING K-2 Testing) will be heard TOMORROW!! Subject: Alert: Sign witness slip in support of this bill–Senate Bill 3986 SB3986 will...
Category : Standardized Testing
Nancy Flanagan: A Legislator’s Guide to Education Policymaking
Veteran teacher Nancy Flanagan was asked by a candidate for advice about education policy. Nancy wrote a list of ten ideas that she thought would...
Paul Bonner: The Absurdity of Testing Kindergartners
Paul Bonner, who recently retired as a principal in Alabama, wrote the following comment as part of a discussion of administering NAEP to kindergartners. He...
Gary Rubinstein: The Incredible Shrinking and Failing KIPP Schools in Tennessee
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...
Nancy Bailey: There is No Need to Give NAEP Tests in Kindergarten!
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...
Who Demoralized the Nation’s Teachers? Readers Respond
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...
Gary Rubinstein: One of the “Most Dangerous” Reformers Will Be #2 in NYC Ed Department
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...
Nancy Bailey: An Overview of the War Against the Teaching Profession
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...
After 25 Years, New York City Teachers Win Largest Legal Settlement Ever from NYC
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,...
Peter Greene: Ranking States by Their Hostility to Public Education
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...