Dear Colleagues at The Fordham Institute, The American Education Research Association (AERA) developed a framework for Scientifically Based Research (SBR) in 2008. The SBR definition described below was supported by the AERA Council as a framework that offers sound...
Fordham Institute's Final Evaluation of Next Generation Science Standards (Fordham Evaluation) Rated as Junk Science. In this post I am going to provide evidence that the Fordham Evaluation of Next Generation Science Standards is junk science, and does not meet the...
In this post I am going to give evidence that the Fordham Institute's evaluation of the Next Generation Science Standards should be rejected. The Thomas Fordham Institute is a conservative advocacy think tank which issues opinion reports written by "experts" on...
Are the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards Progressive Ideology? A growing criticism of the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards is that its way for progressives to inject their philosophies and ideology onto...
Yesterday, I discovered a new organization, the U.S. Education Delivery Institute (EDi). When I saw the name, I first thought it was part of the U.S. Department of Education, or the United States Postal Service. I was wrong on both counts. The EDi, formed in 2010 is...
On January 29, the Thomas Fordham Institute published a report, "Commentary & Feedback on the Next Generation Science Standards (Commentary). Nine people wrote the report, none of whom are "experts" in the field of science education. Yes, most of them have...
