If CCS succeeds in pushing fiction reading out of the classroom in favor of practical text, that'll be a terrible loss. Read what one English teacher in a NYC public high school says about teach to the test and how standardized tests find all the …
Archives for April 21, 2012
Phenomenal report on who in the MO legislature is a corporate shill funded by AL…
Phenomenal report on who in the MO legislature is a corporate shill funded by ALEC and undermining public education with voucher bills, etc. ALEC Exposed in Missouri – 2012-04-16www.scribd.comScribd is the world's largest social reading and publis…
Michelle Rhee & George W. Bush headline a for-profit college industry event. Mos…
Michelle Rhee & George W. Bush headline a for-profit college industry event. Most people would have the sense to avoid the high-tech version of diploma mills, an area of business that has been under investigation by Congress for unfair recruitment …
Upcoming Sacramento School Board elections: polarized by pro- and anti-charter s…
Upcoming Sacramento School Board elections: polarized by pro- and anti-charter school factions. Both unions and charter lobbyist groups are backing candidates with donations.Charter schools a dividing issue in Sacramento County education board races – …
Parents Across America leaders met with the Dept of Ed recently to urge the DOE…
Parents Across America leaders met with the Dept of Ed recently to urge the DOE to change its policy direction away from Race to the Top, competitive funding, & over-reliance on high-stakes testing. Instead, PAA members clearly stated they wanted p…