Archives for April 28, 2012

Detroit public high school students face suspension for protesting for a better, high-quality education. They're protesting school closures and will be opening their own Freedom School across from their current school, one of many to be closed or …

Brilliant example of project-based learning that engages all the students' senses at an IL public school, including the instinct for social justice. See what can happen in spite of teach to the test? Why aren't we pushing tests to the sidelin…

Biggest unreported story of the week: closure of 64 Philadelphia public schools, handed over to private interests to run (charter management organizations & other entities). Parent leader Helen Gym describes the outrage perpetrated by the SRC, Phil…

Many "ed reform" solutions favored by lawmakers lack any evidence of effectiveness. These include "charter schools, cyberschools, private school vouchers, teacher merit pay, evaluation of teacher merit based on students' test scores…

#pineapplegate redux: Pearson's test design & contracts to do so now under scrutiny by a skpetical public. Isn't it convenient and oh-so profitable for them to recycle old test questions given in other states for no extra cost but chargin…