Education Reform’s Very Bad, God-Awful Week
Two separate “reforms” occurred this week in order to help better schools, but neither seems like it will truly benefit public schools. Relentless standardized testing and competing against allegedly...
View ArticleWhat Teachers Do: A Little Common Sense in This Must-See Video
None of the countries that have been rising in international education comparison do any of the things that the reformers tout, like high-stakes testing. It's about time common sense gets a new...
View ArticleWho Keeps Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Flowing to For-Profit Colleges? These...
For-profit universities are facing federal scrutiny for everything from predatory loans to outright fraud. And accreditors might be to blame. But isn't their job to provide students with a quality...
View ArticleWhat Congress Could Do Right Now to Improve Education
The current federal education policy, known as No Child Left Behind, needs to be drastically improved because this policy is not currently helping educate students. The post What Congress Could Do...
View ArticleThe Growing Grassroots Movement to Fight the NRA and Prevent Gun Violence
There’s been a burst of energy at the grassroots level at the University of Texas against a law that will allow guns on campus starting next August. And the focus is on gun culture, as opposed to...
View ArticleAmerica’s Education Bubble
There is no doubt that investment in education is vital. Policymakers must determine how to invest in education in ways that maximize benefits for individuals and societies alike. But the U.S. risks...
View Article‘Another Yale is Possible:’ Students Confront Racism at Ivy League School
At Yale University in Connecticut, the "March of Resilience" comes just days after protests at Missouri University caused the system president to step down. Thousands of students held a march over...
View ArticleRight-Wing Media Bemoan University of Missouri President’s Resignation: His...
While University of Missouri President Timothy M. Wolfe resigned after a wave of protests over racial tensions erupted on the university's campus, right-wing media are claiming he was "forced to...
View ArticleThe Big Education Fight In The Democratic Party
The conventional wisdom supporting the market competition of charter schools is being questioned, this time from the most unlikely source – presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The post The Big...
View ArticleTeacher Evaluations Fall Off the Education ‘Reform’ Agenda
Some, like Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, think a teachers’ pay should be directly linked to how students perform on standardized tests. Do you agree? The post Teacher Evaluations...
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