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33,000 New York Children Skip Standardized Tests

By Petr Svab | Originally Published at Epoch Times. April 6, 2014 Photograph; Danny Katch attends a test opt-out rally near his daughter’s school, P.S. 69 in Jackson Heights, Queens, April 1. (Petr Svab/Epoch Times) NEW YORK—Last week was quite different for Lila, 9, compared to most [...]

33,000 New York Children Skip Standardized Tests2014-04-07T14:46:41-04:00

State Board Tone-Deaf To Needs Of The Child

Stamford Charter School for Excellence applicant Charlene Reid listens to public comment in front of the State Board of Education in Hartford, Conn. on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Photo: Brian A. Pounds | Buy this photo By Wendy Lecker | Originally Published at StamfordAdvocate. April 4, 2014 [...]

State Board Tone-Deaf To Needs Of The Child2016-11-29T17:38:07-05:00

Education Election – Parents Empowered

Photograph; Steve Johnson, an Amundsen High School Local School Council member, recommends that the council craft a letter opposing CPS budget cuts. | DNAInfo/Patty West Beginning April 7th parents once again will take action. Some will vote and countless of these will be on the ballot. Those [...]

Education Election – Parents Empowered2016-11-29T17:38:07-05:00

Cuomo Played Pivotal Role in Charter School Push

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo spoke at a rally in support of charter schools on the steps outside the State Capitol in Albany last month. | Credit Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times By Javier C. Hernández and Susanne Craig | Originally Published at The New York [...]

Cuomo Played Pivotal Role in Charter School Push2016-11-29T17:38:07-05:00

On Children and Childhood

By Paul L. Thonas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. April 2, 2014 children guessed (but only a few)
 and down they forgot as up they grew “[anyone lived in a pretty how town],” e.e. cummings In one of those early years of becoming and [...]

On Children and Childhood2016-11-29T17:38:07-05:00

Charter-Mania, High-Stakes Testing and Teacher-Bashing: Can Rhee’s Approach Be Stopped?

Is public education doomed to destruction? Has it already been done in? Everyone has an opinion. The question is will the Vergara v. California court decision permanently define what might be? Will education equity be set free? Stanford Professor Linda Darling-Hammond discusses the case and examines the [...]

Charter-Mania, High-Stakes Testing and Teacher-Bashing: Can Rhee’s Approach Be Stopped?2016-11-29T17:38:07-05:00

Can Schools Be Held Accountable Without Standardized Tests?

By Katrina Schwartz | Originally Published at MindShift. April 2, 2014 The focus on scoring well on standardized tests has wedged educators into a difficult spot. Teachers are concerned that a poor showing on the tests will jeopardize school funding, or even their jobs, and often feel [...]

Can Schools Be Held Accountable Without Standardized Tests?2016-11-29T17:38:07-05:00

Is it Time to Replace the Cult of Finland With the Cult of New Jersey?

By Kevin Drum | Originally Published at Mother Jones. April 2, 2014 Vikram Bath takes on the cult of Finland today. What's that? You didn't realize Finland had a cult? Well, it does in the education community, where Finland's consistently high scores on the international PISA test [...]

Is it Time to Replace the Cult of Finland With the Cult of New Jersey?2016-11-29T17:38:07-05:00
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