After reading this post by Nirvi Shah, California Father commented tersely:
I guess no one in the NCLD teaches. Keeping schools accountable by teaching children with disabilities to the same mind-numbing, spirit-killing tests we subject general ed kids to is doing them no favors. NCLD should [...]
I went to an informational meeting for the parents of incoming special ed kindergartners and was struck by:
the increased enrollment (max 30) we are guaranteed to see in the general ed classroom, and the emphasis on the state standards to which the state and district will hold our children
The thought of my already [...]
I have been thinking about opting our child out of standardized testing when he starts taking them in second grade. Right now all I can do is admire the courage of other parents who have taken that step. Penn mom Michelle Gray found out that the only way [...]
Punishing and firing teachers, and punishing and closing schools is not a way to improve public education! Parents, teachers, students, and concerned citizens have initiated a postcard campaign to First Lady Michelle Obama to end the use of high stakes testing.
On the campaign trail in Wisconsin on February 28, 2008, Michelle Obama said, ”No Child Behind [...]
In the end, teachers must understand what is happening to teaching in this country and know what they can do to be a public intellectual assisting in the development of the nations next generation of active, democratic citizenry.
I came upon this novel take by Candace Cofield on the dangers of teaching to [...]
I went to an informational meeting for the parents of incoming special ed kindergartners and was struck by:
the increased enrollment (max 30) we are guaranteed to see in the general ed classroom, and the emphasis on the state standards to which the state and district will hold our children
The thought of my already [...]
At the risk of blogging this Edweek article by Leslie A. Maxwell into the ground…
A national study released today casts [...]
I found this link in Diane Ravitch’s blog. Thanks to the Daily News for its critical examination of New York’s inflated testing results:
It’s the state exam version of grade inflation.
Soaring scores on the state math test don’t necessarily add up to better schools or smarter kids.
That’s because it [...]
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