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Do the Right Thing: NCLB and High Standards

Eric Tipler | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Department of Education, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Standards, Schools, Nclb, Politics News
Eric Tipler

No Child Left Behind is fading from policy discussions, but it continues to shape daily life in schools in a very negative way. Capitol Hill should not forget about the law. Teachers certainly haven't.

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The Teacher is the Key

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Learning Points Associates, Michelle Obama, Teaching, Gates Foundation, Nclb, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

It sounds like an old adage, but we desperately need to support teachers in the classroom and modify the NCLB Act, which is now up for renewal. Supporting teachers is key to our success as a nation.

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Grading the Big Tests: A Study in Madness... and a Really Good New Book

Dan Brown | Posted 11.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, Todd Farley, Diana Senechal, No Child Left Behind, Diane Ravitch, Teachers Unions, Making the Grades, gothamschools.org, New York Times, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Education Reform, Nclb, Publc Schools, Media News
Dan Brown

In the No Child Left Behind era, every pillar of our education system rests on the presupposition that standardized tests are accurate indicators. Todd Farley helps to bring into starker focus that this is a flawed ideology.

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Mass Teacher Layoffs in D.C. Amount To One Hell of a Power Play by Michelle Rhee

Dan Brown | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Dc Rif, Dcps, No Child Left Behind, Teachers Unions, Adrian Fenty, Teach for America, New York City Public Schools, Dc Reduction in Force, Education, Dc Schools, George PArker, Joel Klein, School Accountability, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Nclb, High Stakes Testing, Wtu, Politics News
Dan Brown

Rhee's mislaid battle of gutting the union and purging veteran teachers will leave an experience and institutional knowledge vacuum that no quantity of super-caffeinated 22-year-old Yalies can remake.

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Rethink Learning, Now

Sam Chaltain | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, Brown v. Board of Education, Equity, Sam Chaltain, Grassroots, Al Franken, High-Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Teaching, Fairness, Learning, Living News
Sam Chaltain

Learning involves more than basic skills and regurgitating information. It requires higher-order skills and the capacity to digest, make sense of, and apply what we've been taught.

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Fixing No Child Left Behind: What Our Schools Really Need

Susan Kane | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Mom Congress, Obama No Child Left Behind, President Obama, Children, School Reform, Education, Parenting Magazine, Parenting, Standardized Testing, Schools, Parenting School Years, Obama School Reform, Parenting.com, Petition to Congress, Politics News, Bush Administration, Class Size, Nclb, Barack Obama Education Policy, Obama School Speech, Education Reform, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Politics News
Susan Kane

As millions of kids headed back to school this month, many parents, teachers, and administrators had a lot to think about. Things like, will there actually be enough seats in the ballooning classes?

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Testing for Education, Not Politics!

Robert Rose | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Testing, Student Computer Portfolios, Standardized Testing, Education, K-12-Education, Politics News
Robert Rose

When students have real personal control over their education, they have less need to act in antisocial ways towards others, the educational process -- or teachers.

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Headlines I'd Like to See About Chicago Public Schools

Lorraine Forte | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Teacher Quality, Chicago Test Scores, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Students Killed, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Chicago Magnet Schools, Cps Admissions Investigation, Cps Clout, Chicago Schools, Cps Admissions, Cps, Chicago News
Lorraine Forte

Giving principals the authority to hand-pick even a small percentage of students is just asking for trouble. The policy reinforces the notion that who you know matters more than who you are or what you've accomplished.

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A Sneak Peek at Obama's Speech to Schoolchildren

Gary Stager | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arne Duncan, Standardized Testing, Education, Education Reform, Nclb, Race to the Top, President Obama, Politics News
Gary Stager

The good thing about the endless assault of standardized language arts and arithmetic tests you endure is that you won't learn anything about history, civics or politics.

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SAT scores dip for high school class of 2009

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: College Board, Education, Sat, Sat Scores, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, SAT Test, College, High School, Lower SAT Scores, Universities, Living News

Through the early 1990s and early 2000s, average scores on the SAT college entrance exam moved steadily upward. Now, for the last five years, they've ...

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Disparate Lives: Why the Ricci Decision Won't Affect Racial (In)Equality

Dalton Conley | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ricci v. Destefano, Standardized Testing, Race, Class, Affirmative Action, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Dalton Conley

If we want to ensure true equality of opportunity, we need to focus on disadvantaged groups long before kids take the SATs or firefighters take an "externally validated" exam.

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Let's Add SAT Scores Into the Mix When Holding High Schools Accountable

Mike Piscal | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sat, Standardized Testing, High School, Education, Lausd, Charter Schools, Sats, Sat Scores, Politics News
Mike Piscal

High school success needs to be tied to student performance on the SATs, and our high schools should be incentivized to take these additional measurements seriously.

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What Slumdog Teaches Us About Education

Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Intelligence, Education, No Child Left Behind, Standardized Testing, Measuring Intellegence, Teaching, Slumdog Millionaire, Slumdog Millionaire Kids, Politics News
Dennis Van Roekel

Many students from poor backgrounds -- like Jamal from Slumdog Millionaire -- fare poorly on standardized tests, but that doesn't mean they aren't intelligent.

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Dear AG Holder, We Want Your Children to Fail

Dennis Danziger | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Latinos, African-Americans, Attorney General Holder, Budget Cuts, Teacher Training, Lausd, Teacher Credentials, Court-Ordered Bussing, The Achievement Gap, Inner City Schools, Pink Slips, Magnet Schools, Charter Schools, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Stimulus Package, School Budgets, Politics News
Dennis Danziger

Dear Attorney General Holder, Here's what I know from having taught in big city public high schools for the past 15 years: We want your children to fail. That's the truth.

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Standardized Testing Alternative

Robert Rose | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Education, Textbooks, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Parenting, Education Reform, Schools, Teaching, Students, Learning, Parents, Politics News
Robert Rose

No student, class, teacher, school, or district should be evaluated on the basis on any one test, especially one with the unreliability of so-called Standardized Tests.

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Black and White in America IV: IQ Myths and Realities

Dan Agin | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Racism, Iq, Obama, Race, Tribal Hoax, Myths, Behavior, Series, Education, Intelligence, Brain, Brains, Standardized Testing, Learning, Living News
Dan Agin

The idea that all "native-born English-speaking people in the United States" develop and live in the same culture is anthropological nonsense.

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Obama Practices Social Promotion

Gary Stager | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Linda Darling-Hammond, School Vouchers, Diane Ravitch, Obama's Cabinet, School Reform, Standardized Testing, Barack Obama, Alfie Kohn, Politics News
Gary Stager

The "end of social promotion" has caused tens of thousands of kids as young as 3rd grade to be left-back, despite overwhelming evidence that this... children and increases the drop-out rate.

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Obama's "Way-to-Go, Brownie!" Moment?

Greg Palast | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Linda Darling-Hammond, Arne Duncan, Bbc, No Child Left Behind, President Obama, Greg Palast, Obama, Sasha Obama, Barack Obama, Phillips Academy, Barack Obama 2008, Malia Obama, Klein, Education, Chicago Public Schools, Armed Madhouse, Obama's Cabinet, Chicago, Joel Klein, Standardized Testing, Illinois, Education Secretary, Jane Hirshmann, Politics News
Greg Palast

You'd think the studious Senator from Illinois would avoid repeating the Bush regime's horror show of unqualified appointments, of picking politicos over professionals. But here we go again.

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"The Great Expectations School" Paperback Gets AFT President Randi Weingarten's Endorsement

Dan Brown | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

Read More: American Federation of Teachers, Leo Casey, Randi Weingarten, Jonathan Kozol, Teach for America, New York City Teaching Fellows, Teacher Quality, Barack Obama 2008, Eduwonk, Education, Eduwonkette, United Federation of Teachers, Anya Kamenetz, Generation Debt, Uft, National Book Award, Aft, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Teachers, Living News
Dan Brown

Classrooms are ready-made for great stories. Comprised of twenty-some children and one adult, bound by a common mission, they are intersections of you...

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One Scattered Nation: A Pathway To Common Standards

Marc Lampkin | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Strong American Schools, Education, Naep, Standards, Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Globalization, Timss, Public Education, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

America needs a national effort to raise education standards in every state. Not dictate what should be done in the classroom -- but states are not, competing individually in the global economy.

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HBO Raises the Bar Again With Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card

Dan Brown | Posted 06.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Public Schools, Susan Raymond, No Child Left Behind, Hbo, School Reform, Standardized Testing, Alan Raymond, Hard Times at Douglass High, Nclb, Entertainment News
Dan Brown

Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond are too smart to offer up any magic bullets. Their fascinating documentary puts viewers inside Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School for a full school year.

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Obama's Education Speech Fired Me Up

Dan Brown | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Mentors, Education, Student Achievement, Teacher Residency Programs, Nclb, Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Barack Obama, Denver Post, Politics News
Dan Brown

Last week in Colorado, Barack Obama gave a truly incisive speech on improving education in America.

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