Fordham Institute has published their review of the draft of the Next Generation Science Standards. Achieve wrote the the new science standards. Achieve also wrote the math and reading/language arts common core standards....
Read MoreStandards development, such as in science, is a big enterprise, and one that will result in huge profits for corporations, and will cost school districts billions to carry out over the next few years. For the past two...
Read MoreShould all U.S. students meet a single set of K-12 education standards? In a democracy should all students be held to the same standards? This was the question that Chester E. Finn Jr., president of the Thomas B. Fordham...
Read MoreThe current wave of reform in science education, including teacher preparation, is not in the best interests of the diverse cultures that make up the population of the United States. The reform is standards- and test-based, and...
Read MoreTeacher education is more important today than it has been in half a century. Education policy and practice are being radically transformed in American education, and teacher preparation programs in colleges and universities...
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