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Change the Stakes is a group of parents and educators who want the best education for all children. We are a growing group concerned with the harm high stakes-testing is doing to our children and schools. We oppose an over-emphasis on tests and misuse of the results [...]

Defending the Early Years (DEY) seeks to rally educators to take action on policies that affect the education of young children. The principal goals of the project are: To mobilize the early childhood community to speak out with well-reasoned arguments against inappropriate standards, assessments, and classroom [...]

Bridging Differences features dialogues between Deborah Meier and other education thinkers. For years, Deborah Meir and the former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch verbally sparred and also found similarities in their divergent points of view. Deborah Meier is a visionary teacher, author, and [...]

Anthology; Nation's Priority; Poverty and/or the Children? EmpathyEducates presents an anthology of articles on the inextricably tied topics, Poverty and Education. We ask is poverty, or addressing it, our nations priority? Are children valued over combat or critical care? Do we prevent problems for our progeny [...]

After 30 years of watching the public school open classroom where his wife taught, and admiring at a distance the model for learning that had evolved, Tom Valens couldn’t miss the opportunity to film her last class from beginning to end. And so he was there the [...]

There is far more to education than teacher compensation and "school choice reforms." To do well by and for our children we must consider motivation! How do we best serve our children and The Seventh Generation? We invite you to participate in another conversation, Dan Ariely: Education [...]

The History of Citizens for Public Schools. Born of political urgency, Citizens for Public Schools was formed in the spring of 1982, to oppose a Massachusetts ballot question seeking to divert tax dollars to parochial schools. Over the course of a few hectic weeks its leaders assembled [...]

Huffington Post Education News

The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) advances quality [...]