Archives for April 21, 2012

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 …

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. 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 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 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…