Ed. Dept. Solicits Applications for Technical Assistance Centers
Two separate grant applications will provide money to help parent centers and to assist states in IDEA data collection. Read Full Post >
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June 11, 2013
June 10, 2013
Report: Parents Need Comparable Data, Tools to Make School Choices
In states where parents can exercise choice about which schools their children attend, more effort should be made to help those parents understand the data collected about schools, and to ensure the information is what they need to reliably compare schools, according to a new report. Read Full Post >
June 04, 2013
Teachers' Data Use Becoming PD Emphasis
A recent report by the New America Foundation looks at federally funded professional development programs in Oregon and Delaware that aim to train teachers on using data to improve their instruction. Read Full Post >
May 30, 2013
Data: NYC Teachers, Principals Stick Around (And a Whole Lot More)
A new report from the New York City Independent Budget Office offers a fascinating in-depth look at demographics, student outcomes, budget, principal and teacher training, school buildings, class size and more in the nation's largest school district. Read Full Post >
May 21, 2013
Student Data Too Often a Tangled Web for Schools, Report Says
Schools are awash in data, but their tech systems lack "interoperability," or the ability to work together, a new report concludes. Read Full Post >
May 15, 2013
A Guide for Teachers, Administrators on How to Use Data
A group of education organizations offers a "toolkit" of resources for helping K-12 teachers and administrators use data wisely. Read Full Post >
May 09, 2013
Study: Prettier Charts Can Be Harder for Students to Read
Common Core State Standards are calling for more focus on students reading charts and graphics, but new research shows engaging graphics can reduce students' understanding of chart data. Read Full Post >
April 26, 2013
Jack Whelan: Can Humanism Prevail Over the Technocracy?
I have come to look at schools as a critical focal point in the fight for the soul of the nation. Our schools are foundational for our cultural life, and so much depends on our having a flourishing, humanizing public-education system. The battle over the schools is a microcosm of the battle that is going on everywhere else, but which most people feel too powerless to fight. Maintaining local control of our public schools system is essential for enabling even the possibility of such a fight. Read Full Post >
April 16, 2013
inBloom Aims to Increase Data Flow Despite Controversy
The nonprofit organization hopes to create a vast personalized learning environment for every student through the aggregation of student and teacher data. Read Full Post >
April 09, 2013
Michelle Gunderson Offers Pledge for Ethical Use of Student Data
Now, we see standardized test scores used to justify privatizing our schools. Over and over again our downtown administration starves neighborhood schools of resources and refuses to address the needs of our impoverished students. Then when these schools have low performing test scores, they are closed. Charter schools, which are private enterprises even when non-profit, are opened up to fill this void. Hence, in my career as a CPS teacher I've witnessed standardized testing used to sort, punish, and privatize. And I am saying enough is enough. Read Full Post >
