Policymakers have perverted teaching, and reduced the evaluation of teachers to a number based on questionable and unreliable data. Not only do researchers at major universities caution policymakers about using Value-Added Models (VAMs), but using such a system that...
On Sunday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a Cox newspaper published the results of its investigation into "cheating" in American schools. The article was entitled Suspicious Scores Across the Nation, and you can read it by following the link. The article was...
On Sunday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a Cox newspaper published the results of its investigation into "cheating" in American schools. The article was entitled Suspicious Scores Across the Nation, and you can read it by following the link. The article was...
United OPT OUT NATIONAL is organizing an Occupy the Department of Education (DOE) in Washington, D.C. March 30 - April 2, 2012. Anthony Cody, on his blog Living in Dialog, interviewed two education activists who are part of the leadership spearheading the Occupy the...
Guest Post by Donna McKenna This was first published on March 8 on Donna McKenna's blog, No Sleep 'til Summer. She is an elementary ESL teacher passionate about language learners and language learning. Published with permission. Note: This post is a continuation of...
According to a number of researchers (Marder, Ravitch, Darling-Hammond) our system of education is failing a huge number of students, especially in mathematics, and science. Since 2003, when the NCLB Act was put into place that required schools to test all...
