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Preparing for Tests, Learning…?
As I read Cohen and Moffitt’s, The Ordeal of Equality, I could not help but make some connections to a recent Schools Matter post on high stakes testing. One of my “favorite”...
Remarks by the President on the “Education To Innovate” Campaign
The White House Office of the Press Secretary November 23, 2009 South Court Auditorium, Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. I am extraordinarily excited to have you all here today. A couple of special acknowledgements I want to make — first of all, two of my outstanding Cabinet members: Secretary Arne Duncan,...
American Enterprise Institute Holds Forum on “Increasing Accountability in American Higher Education”
Inside Higher Ed reports that a conference organized by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) yesterday sought to define accountability for higher education. The author, Doug Lederman, suggested that much of the discussion follows from the so-called Spellings’ Commission...
Remarks by the President on Strengthening America’s Education System
The White House: Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 04, 2009 James C. Wright Middle School, Madison, Wisconsin 1:40 P.M. CST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Hello, Madison! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody, please, have a seat. Have a seat. It is good to see all of you. Good to be back in Madison....
Press Release: Regents Prepare to Transform Teacher Preparation
For Immediate Release November 16, 2009 For More Information Contact: Tom Dunn, Jonathan Burman or Jane Briggs at (518) 474-1201 Internet: http://www.nysed.gov In Albany today the New York State Board of Regents took the first in a series of steps to strengthen the preparation and practice of teaching, with a specific emphasis on providing high needs...
Thousand Demonstrate Against California Education Cuts
From: substancenews.net: Jack Gerson and other reporters (as indicated) – September 25, 2009 Well over 5,000 students, staff and faculty packed the University of California Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on September 24, 2009, to protest sweeping layoffs, deep cuts...
Labor Beat Chicago Video Exposes Duncan’s Record
From substancenews.net: George N. Schmidt – September 26, 2009 The Chicago labor news organization Labor Beat is still circulating the hit video about Arne Duncan and his work in Chicago at http://blip.tv/file/2428857 As it becomes more and more clear to more and...
“Best Urban School District in America” Blocks Access to Websites Critical of “Education Reform”
Reports on Gerald Bracey’s Education Disinformation and Detection Reporting Agency email discussion listserv indicate that teachers, students and administrators in the Aldine Independent School District, Houston, Texas are blocked from viewing at least two websites offering alternative views of “education reform” in the United States. Based on...
Defining ‘College Ready,’ Nationally
From Insidehighered.com: “That too many young people come out of high school ill-prepared for college or the work force is little disputed. The questions of why that’s so and how to fix the situation, however, have too often resulted in finger pointing, with many college faculty...
“Uncommon Schools” Charter School Executive Will Be NYS Education Deputy
From gothamschools.org: John King, currently the managing director of an Uncommon Schools network here in the city, will next month become the State Education Department’s deputy commissioner focusing on elementary and secondary schools, the state announced today. In that job, he’ll “lead the state’s...
