"Standardized testing is the worst thing that could have happened. You're producing scientists that think every experiment has perfect answers."
NCLB Outrages
Are we testing kids too much?
Ohanian Comment: It is
sad to see educators making such claims for
standardized testing. Actually, I was saddened
the first time I read this. Then I r... The rest of the story...
INDEX OF NCLB OUTRAGES
The Eggplant
Obama Chooses Education Deputy In Charge of Change
Another item in the news you
will see nowhere else.
President-elect Barack Obama's press secretary
Robert Gibbs has announced that Grayson Stupl, ... The rest of the story...
NCLB In Your Face
Vermont Independence Convention 2008
Susan Ohanian Notes:
I spoke at the Vermont Independence Convention on Nov. 7, 2008, on usurpation of the The rest of the story...
Yahoo, Good News!
Education for Human Greatness
Join the discussion for
improving public education. Read this statement
and visit the website at the url below.
Currently, 150 educators and parents from
acro... The rest of the story...
INDEX OF YAHOO, GOOD NEWS!
Outrage of the Day
Philly mayor under fire for threatening libraries
This is the city where they
built, with Microsoft guidance, a big, new,
whoop-de-doop $46 million School of the Future
without books, so the mayor is followi... The rest of the
story...
INDEX OF OUTRAGES OF THE DAY
Commentaries
Obama's betrayal of public education? Arne Duncan and the corporate model of schooling
from Truthout, Dec. 17, 2008
This is packed with information teachers should
take to heart. For starters, ... The rest of the story...
INDEX OF COMMENTARIES
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In The News
Scholars Boycott Annual Meeting of National Communication Association
by Robin Wilson
More than 300 members of the National
Communication Association are boycotting the
Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, in San Diego,
where the assoc... The rest of the story...
INDEX OF NEWS ITEMS
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Resisters' Letters
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Outrages
Federal Court Defendants Joel Klein & Ray Kelly: Our Education Mayor remains silent about police abuses of students in public schools
Hentoff, who for decades has
chronicled school abuses, says that not until
the Bloomberg/Klein regime has he seen such
flagrant dereliction of accountabilit... The rest of the story...
INDEX OF FEATURED OUTRAGES
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Sarah's Notes
Baaaaccckkkk To School
Ohanian Comment: For a glorious combination of sound and sight and wonderful teaching, read A Day in the Life for Septemb... The rest of the
story...
INDEX OF SARAH'S NOTES
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Stupid Test Items
California History-Social Science Standards Test
A student teacher comments: The correct answer was a). That the word relocated in a question could possibly be paired with an answer that has freedom in it is a... The rest of the story...
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Research that Counts
Storybooks On Paper Better For Children Than Reading Fiction On Computer Screen, According to Expert
This is definitely worth
thinking about, and do the promoters of virtual
schools, virtual texts, virtual lives, give any
indication they are thinking aobut i... The rest of the story...
INDEX OF RESEARCH THAT COUNTS
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Special Needs Commentary
More about Murray's Articles
Charles Murray's articles have provoked numerous responses most of which
state that measuring IQ is not an exa... The rest of the story...
INDEX OF SPECIAL NEEDS COMMENTARIES
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Special Needs News
Students, teachers weigh in, as 'Left Behind' up for renewal
Kay's Comment: So many
issues to debate and so little agreement on any of them ...
Perhaps NCLB should not be reauthorized just because it has
raised so many questi... The rest of the story...
INDEX OF SPECIAL NEEDS NEWS
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Phi Delta Kappan is the the most important professional journal for education, bar none. It addresses policy issues for educators at all levels, providing a forum for debate on controvers... The rest of the story...
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WOO News
Congratulations, WOO!
Ohanian Comment: The hometown newspaper that has studiously ignored the WOO finally pays tribute to accomplishment. On July 29, The WOO held its 2006 GED Graduation & St... The rest of the story...
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Cartoon
Define Algebra
INDEX OF CARTOONS
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NCLB Cartoon
Speaking Out for Education Independence, Montpelier, VT
INDEX OF NCLB CARTOONS
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