While testing was never intended to leave students without hope, that has been the result. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) By Suzi Parker | Originally Published at TakePart. July 11, 2013 An alarming rate of students who fail state-mandated tests are ending up in jail. Critics have long [...]
Photograph; Karen Lewis, center, president of the CTU is joined by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and United States Representative Bobby Rush, right, during a demonstration and march over the a plan to close fifty-four Chicago Public Schools through Chicago's downtown Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles [...]
Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network Institute for America's Future on June 25, 2013 The end of another school year is leaving a bad taste in many people’s mouths. A steady diet of government austerity and top-down “accountability” mandates have left numerous communities across the country with [...]
By Rebecca Strauss | Originally Published at The New York Times June 16, 2013 Averages can be misleading. The familiar, one-dimensional story told about American education is that it was once the best system in the world but that now it’s headed down the drain, with piles [...]
To Download the Bill; Strengthening America's School Act United States Government. June 4, 2013 | Source; ACSD; Capitol Connection. Originally Published on June 11, 2013 Standards and Assessment Accountability and School Improvement Educator Support and Evaluation Whole Child Education Harkin Introduces NCLB Overhaul Senate Education Committee [...]
In the last quarter century or more student evaluations have been used as a form of punishment. Instead of the traditional assessments that invite reflection and a path towards progress, mostly, newer high-stakes examinations determine a student's fate. Frequently, a young person struggling to learn a newer [...]
Republished by TruthOut. May 20, 2013 Jaisal Noor, TRNN Producer: In Chicago, hundreds of teachers, parents, and students have launched three days of marches to mark a final protest against plans to shutter 54 public schools. The march route includes the targeted schools, which are almost all [...]
Day One May 18th 2013 By Bob George. Save Our Schools National Director| May 18, 2013 What would you say if you were told that your children must go to a school that for 8 years has been on academic probation? Dominique Grant’s child along with 250 [...]
By Julianne Hing @juliannehing | Originally Published at ColorLines. on May 7, 2013 The Louisiana Supreme Court dealt a major blow to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s education reform agenda today. In a 6-1 vote the Court ruled that funding for school vouchers, a central part of the governor’s [...]
