These Monkeys Need a Union!
It may be a strange place to turn, but humans are learning about economics by studying the behavior of monkeys. As I learned this morning listening to Morning Edition's Planet Money segment, a primate...
View ArticleParents get a Refund for Baby Einstein: Can we get one for Race to the Top?
Parents can get refunds for Baby Einstein videos that research has proven are worse than useless. More and more research is coming out that undermines NCLB and RTTT.
View ArticleOpen Letter to President Obama
Teachers are ready for change, but we are not getting it under Secretary Duncan. Is it time to speak up and tell President Obama how we feel?
View ArticleTeachers from Across America Write to Obama
Teachers have responded to my Open Letter to Obama by posting their own heartfelt views. Read, then add your voice to the dialogue.
View ArticleTeachers' Letters Reveal Our Reality: Is Obama Listening?
Teachers share their firsthand view of how education policy affects their classrooms. Read, and share your own perspective.
View ArticleTeachers Blog their Letters to Obama
Bloggers add their voices to the chorus of teachers asking for real change from President Obama. Will you add yours?
View ArticleLife IS a Multiple Choice Test: Start them Early!
Our students arrive at school with vastly different levels of preparation for the rigors of kindergarten. These children, in their first few months, will have to pass tests showing they know their...
View ArticleClueless on Wall Street
According to this editorial, Obama should "hang tough" on standards and competitiveness in the Race to the Top. But these millionaires seem to have some strange ideas about how schools improve.
View ArticleHerb Kohl: We've Won! Race to the Top Finally Succeeds
It is 2030 and education in the United States of America has finally succeeded. The performance gap between white, Asian, African American, and Latino students has finally been eliminated. But society...
View ArticleLetters to Obama: One Teacher Writes
The 98th letter describes the experience of a dedicated Oregon teacher working in a high needs school, which now faces the withdrawal of federal funds due to NCLB.
View ArticleThe Race to the Bottom Line
When test scores become the bottom line for our schools, we commit the same error that has caused our profit-driven system to destroy much of our environment -- we externalize our values.
View ArticleNew Documentary: Race to Nowhere
This film shows the high cost our students are paying due to relentless pressure to score well on tests. Teachers are not alone -- parents and students are ready for change.
View ArticleIs This Really Reform? A Teacher Writes
Kathie Marshall asks sharp questions about the impact of "reforms" on behalf of her at-risk students, who are increasingly disenchanted with school.
View ArticleWhere do Teachers Stand on Standards?
While most teachers appreciate standards, the over-emphasis on standardized tests has some of us wondering if national standards may just be too much of a good thing!
View ArticleLetter #103: Bring me all your dreams...
A teacher shares a message from one of her students, and reminds us that we teach things far more important than those measured in test scores.
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