Is the Atlanta School Board (APS) going to think differently? Its composition is different than it was a year ago. Six of the nine member board were elected to the Board in November. On January 14th, the Atlanta School Board met to discuss the nature of the school...
In spite of the "System" the evidence is that urban teachers have a record of success, not one that is spiraling down. The present state of reform of American education is based on the idea that American students are doing poorly, and this will lead to disastrous...
Latest Story Mercedes Schneider, on her EduBlog, wrote several articles documenting a growing movement against the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by describing legislative action, and citizen protests in 23 states. I've used her observations to create a map...
Latest Story People are asking for better schools, with no clear idea how to improve eduction, or even how to define improvement of education (except to increase test performance on high-stakes tests). Most people are in favor of improving education. But when asked...
NAEP Large City Study Sheds Light on the Effects of the Atlanta Public Schools' Cheating Scandal. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) created the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) in 2002 to assess student achievement in the nation's large...
Moving Beyond the Drama and Hyperbole that Dominate International Test Score Results. The Guardian newspaper published a series of articles the 2013 PISA international test results. In this post I want to focus on the article written by Finnish educator and...
