Content tagged: standards and testing
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...
“A Measure of Failure” Ready for Order!
After what seemed like ages, my first book, A Measure of Failure: The Political Origins of Standardized Testing, is now shipping! From the Summary posted on the SUNYPress website: A Measure of Failure asks how and why standardized tests have become the ubiquitous...
