Massachusetts Needs Major K-12 Funding Changes, Group Argues
A budget and policy group in Massachusetts is calling for significant changes to the state's education funding system. Read Full Post >
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June 17, 2013
June 10, 2013
Smart Cities: Kansas City
Kansas City may be the least appreciated great education improvement story out there--at least on the Kansas side of the Missouri River. Read Full Post >
June 08, 2013
Teacher Inquiry Gives Students a Voice Too
These teachers, by constantly tinkering together, have taken ownership of their classroom practice, and in so doing, given themselves and their students a real voice in what goes on. Read Full Post >
June 01, 2013
Is the Tea Party Right About the Common Core?
Although it may be hard for some education leaders to acknowledge, the substance of the Tea Party's criticism of common-core standards is solid Read Full Post >
May 31, 2013
John Thompson: A Bad Week for Anti-Union Education Reformers
I first recoiled at Arthur Levine's tired old vision of schools in his Education Week Commentary. Then I saw how out of place it was. Read Full Post >
May 29, 2013
Education Blogger Bans the 'Blame Game' in Chicago, the Whole Nation
Who's to blame for the crisis of education in Chicago? Read this post--you may be surprised. Read Full Post >
May 23, 2013
Chicago: Time to End the Billionaires' Experiments With Mayoral Control?
Bill Gates suggested that in time teachers and voters would come along to see the benefits of the experiments the billionaire reformers want to do in our schools. That was four years ago - and the experiments have run their course. A research paper by Elaine Weiss and Don Wong took a close look at the results in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago, exactly the three cities touted by Gates as the petri dishes for his market-driven experiments. Read Full Post >
May 22, 2013
Paul Horton: Will Career Teachers Be Crowded Out by Corporate Reform?
The experienced teacher is the key: the conductor, musician, coach, and magician-of-motivation all wrapped into one person. Those who push the corporate education reform agenda do not understand or have forgotten what a great teacher does, so their solutions "crowd out" experienced teachers. Rather than investing in the human potential of teachers and students, they choose to invest in "bubble tests" and self-paced digitalized learning that are good for the profits of education corporations, but lousy for kids, parents, and communities. Read Full Post >
May 16, 2013
Storify: Debate Continues Over Duncan's AERA Speech
The debate over Education Secretary Arne Duncan's speech at AERA—and the protests it engendered—continues. Read Full Post >
May 15, 2013
Monty Neill: Building Effective Campaigns for Testing Reform
Across the country, many local school boards, superintendents and principals have been speaking out against excessive testing. Parents, teachers, students and community groups should work with them to reduce the number of tests and any stakes attached to them. Those who still support the status quo need to be educated and, if necessary, pressured. In cities with appointed school boards, political pressure often will need to work through other avenues. Read Full Post >
