Exposing/rejecting the federal “Race to the Top” (RttT)
EducationNews MAY 18, 2011
Monthly Archives: May 2011
A 'Common' education disaster
A ‘Common’ education disaster
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN & ANNIE HSIAO | 5/28/11
Two More States Weighing Moves to Undo Common Core
Two More States Weighing Moves to Undo Common Core
By Catherine Gewertz on May 6, 2011
U.S. Reforms Out of Sync With High-Performing Nations, Report Finds
U.S. Reforms Out of Sync With High-Performing Nations, Report Finds
A new study urges the United States to shift its school-reform course to achieve the results of high-performing countries. Stephen Sawchuk May 27, 2011
Data-driven instruction: Not all it seems
Data-driven instruction: Not all it seems
Valerie Strauss Written by Larry Cuban The Washington Post
Behind Grass-Roots School Advocacy, Bill Gates
Behind Grass-Roots School Advocacy, Bill Gates
By SAM DILLON May 21, 2011 The New York Times
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help with common core transition
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help with common core transition
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011 Bright Education Services & Testing
What Happens When 82 Percent of Schools Miss AYP?
What Happens When 82 Percent of Schools Miss AYP?
David Griffith March 10, 2011 ASCD
Assessments
Data-driven instruction: Not all it seems
Valerie Strauss Written by Larry Cuban The Washington Post
Resistance to test-based school reform is growing
Valerie Strauss 04/18/2011 The Washington Post
John Kuhn: Why Shouldn’t Teachers Be Graded, Too?
Anthony Cody April 14, 2011 Education Week
Experts See Hurdles Ahead for Common Core Tests
Sarah D. Sparks April 13, 2011 Education Week
The Test Generation
DANA GOLDSTEIN | April 11, 2011 The American Prospect
National Curriculum?
Closing the Door on Innovation
Why One National Curriculum is Bad for America
A Critical Response to the Shanker Institute Manifesto and the U.S. Department of Education’s Initiative to Develop a National Curriculum and National Assessments Based on National Standards
Conservative ‘Manifesto’ Blasts Shared Curriculum,Tests
Catherine Gewertz on May 9, 2011 Education Week
A Call for Common Content Core Curriculum Must Build a Bridge from Standards to Achievement
Albert Shanker Institute
A Call for Common Content
Core Curriculum Must Build a Bridge from Standards to Achievement
AMERICAN EDUCATOR | SPRING 201issues.cfm.
Why We Need a National Standardized Curriculum
Matthew Lynch MARCH 27, 2011 Education News
Do We Really Want a Common Curriculum?
Kathleen Porter-Magee March 15, 2011 Flypaper
Rational thinking on common curricula
Chester E. Finn, Jr March 13, 2011 Flypaper
When Up is Down, Down is Up, and Laws Don’t Mean a Thing…
STLGRETCHEN MARCH 10, 2011 Missouri Education Watchdog
Hey, National Curriculum Standardizers: Stop Lying to Us!
Neal McCluskey March 7, 2011 CATO@LIBERTY
States should focus on assessments, not curriculum
Kathleen Porter-Magee on March 7, 2011 Flypaper
Leaders Call for Shared Curriculum Guidelines
Diverse group says framework needed for new common standards
Catherine Gewertz March 7, 2011 Education Week
A national curriculum?
Joanne Jaoobs FEBRUARY 28, 2011 Linking and Thinking on Education
AFT Wades Into Common Standards and Assessments
Catherine Gewertz February 23, 2011 Education Week
Can the Federal Government Fund Curriculum Materials?
Catherine Gewertz February 11, 2011 Education Week