Archives for May 5, 2012

Here's an argument why charters schools hurt, as opposed to help, school communities by adding divisiveness by SES, race, and parental motivation. How Charter Schools Can Hurtwww.nytimes.comCharter schools trying to poach students can rob already…

Testing is not teaching. Testing is also not college preparedness. Here's an opinion piece on the college remediation epidemic — who's accountable when "accountability" (testing) fails?Placing Accountabilty for the College Remediat…

FL pays Pearson $250 million to administer & score the FCAT through the end of 2013. http://bit.ly/JTJ9VA = 5,000 teachers.Who’s accountable for the FCAT tests? – Other Views – MiamiHerald.comwww.miamiherald.comWho is Pearson accountable to?

Update on revenue-raising education ballot initiatives: K-12 initiatives Our Children Our Future, & Gov Brown's, plus closing the single-sales corporate tax loophole to fund higher ed, all proceed with enough signatures to likely appear on the…