Politico: Will Biden Bring Teachers’ Unions in from the Cold?
The past two decades have been rough times for the two big teachers’ unions. Republicans have demonized them. The Obama administration courted their support but...
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New York Teacher: Suspend Annual Testing and Focus on Student Needs
I received this sensible email from Melissa McMullan, who teaches sixth grade students on Long Island in New York State. I am a sixth grade...
NPE ACTION ENDORSES JOE BIDEN!
Please read the NPE Action endorsement of Joe Biden for President. We support public schools. Donald Trump and his Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, are...
New Orleans: VAM Proves that Best Teachers Stay in Best Charters
The National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH), formerly known as the Education Research Alliance, released its first report after having been...
Did Jeb Bush Choose Your District’s Superintendent?
Jeb Bush created an organization called Chiefs for Change, whose original membership consisted of state superintendents who shared Jeb’s ideas: high-stakes testing, evaluating teachers...
Mark Simon: Can the Schools of D.C. Recover from More Than a Decade of Failed Reforms?
“ Mark Simon, a former teacher and current parent activist in D.C., is hopeful that the District is ready to reverse the failed policies launched...
New York: NYSAPE Protests Legislative Effort to Lock in Test-Based Teacher Evaluation
The New York legislature pretended to kill VAM by passing legislation that shifts responsibility for teacher evaluation from the state to local districts. But the...
Good News! New Jersey Trashes VAM!
Good news! The Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, and the State Commissioner, Lamont Repollet, slashed the stakes attached to PARCC testing. Until now, 30%...
Mike Petrilli: In the Face of So Many Setbacks, Where Does Reform Go From Here?
Mike Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, one of the leading advocacy groups in the Corporate Reform Movement, offers advice and consolation to...
Valerie Strauss: How Bill Gates Blew Away $575 Million on Teacher Evaluation
We have by now read about the independent Rand study of Bill Gates’ bet on Making test-based teacher evaluation the keystone of education reform. I...