Elementary Education

Sending Off My Nervous Baby Into the World -- of Standardized Testing

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Teacher Evaluations, Pssa, Standardized Testing, Nclb, Testing, Education, Elementary Education, Standardized Testing Elementary School, Standardized Testing Schools, Parents News
Homa Sabet Tavangar

I'm mad this morning. My 8 year-old is a nervous wreck. Today is the first day of PSSA standardized testing at her school.

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Let Me Tell You About Teach for America

Shaun Johnson | Posted 09.10.2011

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Shaun Johnson

I'm trying to be sincere when I question TFA. I just can't see its long-term benefits to education and the teaching profession. Even as a short-term stopgap measure in high-needs areas, I think it's doing more harm to teaching than good.

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Scratch That: Schools Required To Teach Keyboarding, No More Cursive [POLL]

Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Cursive, Elementary Education, Typing Skills, Curriculum Requirements, Elementary Teaching, Keyboarding, Cursive Writing, Teaching, Keyboard Skills, Indiana Schools, Video, Education News

Is the keyboard completely replacing the pen? Indiana school officials have announced that students will no longer be required to learn cursive wri...

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A Paradox? Or Just a Contradiction?

John Merrow | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: John Merrow, Pbs Newshour, Reading, Elementary Education, Teacher Evaluations, Teachers, Testing Reading, Bad Teachers, Bad Schools, Pbs, Good Schools, Education Reform, Testing, The Role of Teachers, Education News
John Merrow

Can a school be both good and bad at the same time? Is educational quality -- like beauty -- in the eye of the beholder or do test scores say it all?

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Letters to Wendy: Pre-Service Teachers React to Teach for America

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Schools of Education, Teach for America, Wendy Kopp, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Education Reform, Teacher Preparation, Education News
Shaun Johnson

The thought that people with "higher" degrees can aimlessly teach the most at risk children without proper preparation and training is false and cruel.

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Rather than Race to the Top, We Should Have Started Fixing Education There

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Ross

The Obama Administration launched a barrage of carrots under Race to the Top, when they should have started with a stick to beat America's Colleges an...

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