Part of the Asian Pacific American community is telling the other part of the community that harsh, authoritarian parenting masked as “culture” is just plain wrong. This poor 4 year old child needed a mom and grandparents to tell the so-called “Eagle D…
Archives for February 10, 2012
Teach to the test is profitable, which is why no one will abandon it. And I incl…
Teach to the test is profitable, which is why no one will abandon it. And I include Democrats in my disapproval.Obama Grants Waivers to NCLB and Makes a Bad Situation Worsewww.thedailybeast.comThe president rightly says that NCLB forces teaching to the…
Poverty and inequality widen achievement gaps and appear to affect academic atta…
Poverty and inequality widen achievement gaps and appear to affect academic attainment more than racial difference does.Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Showwww.nytimes.comThe widening achievement gap between affluent and low-income s…
It sounds like the House GOP would cut funding for Title I in exchange for a "st…
It sounds like the House GOP would cut funding for Title I in exchange for a “states’ rights” vision of education. From the article: “What have people been saying about these bills? Well, civil rights groups and business leaders are not fans. They say …