http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/howard-dean-randi-weingarten-talk-poverty-education-policy/ Education News Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/howard-dean-randi-weingarten-talk-poverty-education-policy/#comment-13707 Bob Rose Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:08:03 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=218366#comment-13707 Get politics out of education! Good teachers can get good results irrespective of home SES or ethnicity. Get politics out of education! Good teachers can get good results irrespective of home SES or ethnicity.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/howard-dean-randi-weingarten-talk-poverty-education-policy/#comment-13700 mcp_43 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:21:24 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=218366#comment-13700 If you are going to fire or reward teachers based on test scores, you will receive a "high-stakes-testing-driven curricula." The teachers want to keep their jobs. If you want a broader curricula, get rid of high stakes testing. Both major political parties seem to love more and more testing. If you are going to fire or reward teachers based on test scores, you will receive a “high-stakes-testing-driven curricula.” The teachers want to keep their jobs. If you want a broader curricula, get rid of high stakes testing. Both major political parties seem to love more and more testing.

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