Friday, March 20, 2009

More on Colleges and Standardized Tests

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Earlier this week I said I found it interesting that colleges were moving away from standardized tests while K-12 school rush to test more....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Colleges and Standardized Tests

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A headline in today's local paper pointed out that another high-ranking college has chosen to eliminate the SAT and ACT as a requiremen...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

Sunday Commentary: What Can Obama Really Do?

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Following his first major address on education, the education world has been abuzz with reaction to and advice for the President. Every maj...
Friday, March 13, 2009

Sharpton and Klein's Imperfect Op-Ed

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The Huffington Post has a piece today by Al Sharpton and Joel Klein entitled " Teacher Rx: The Perfect Storm for Reform ." They m...
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Famous Criminals and Bronx Middle Schools

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GothamSchools points to a piece this morning about an ebay auction for Lee Harvey Oswald's old school transfer card. The most interes...

Tests Aren't Omniscient

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I like David Brooks, but sometimes he goes off the reservation when he writes about education. Today's column isn't too bad -- it...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Coverages, A Dirty Little Secret

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According to USA Today , NYC is no longer taking applications for substitute teachers (hat tip: Gotham Schools ). It's unclear exactly ...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Fudging Grades

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This principal in Brooklyn (hat tip: Gotham Schools ) got the boot the other day for changing grades on student report cards so that fewer ...
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The Origins of Summer Vacation: Another Explanation

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Kevin Carey posted on an interesting alternate explanation for the summer vacation yesterday. He disputes that the summer vacation was for...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Let Sleeping Bobs Lie

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From the pantheon of terrible ideas comes this plan from Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star: A Division I athlete, man or woman, revenue-...