I have always had my suspicions about international comparisons, but people in the U.S., and especially in the educational research community take the...
Gerald Bracey | Posted 06.02.2008 | Living
Wake Forest University and Smith College will make the SAT optional for those applying for admission. Move called "cynical;" it's not.
Dan Brown | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living
If a brilliant idea slapped us in the face for how to help public school students achieve more, would we recognize it? Today, schools' everyday funct...
Gerald Bracey | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics
Some people play the No Child Left Behind game cynically, doing whatever it takes to get children close to the passing score and into the magic kingdom of "proficient."
Mark Kleiman | Posted 02.02.2008 | Politics
Why is Bill Clinton criticizing Hillary Clinton on education policy? I agree with him: on No Child Left Behind, Barack Obama has the right idea and H...
Dan Brown | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics
The rules of this multiple-choice game are not transferable to the greater world. Such a depersonalized system should not rule education, a wholly human institution.
Dan Brown | Posted 10.01.2007 | Living
America's "report card" came out recently and everyone on every side of the No Child Left Behind debate declared victory.
Dan Brown | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics
Edwards' plan has refreshingly raised the level of the education discussion among presidential candidates. His plan indicates he "gets it."
Dan Brown | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics
The definition of the word "accountability" is under attack by interests with an eye for pumping up statistics rather than students' actual learning.
Diane Ravitch | Posted 09.04.2007 | Politics
It may be time to reflect on the possibility that a nation of good test-takers is not necessarily a well-educated nation.
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Gerald Bracey | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics