by John Jensen, PhD The debate over high-stakes testing pits the need for assessing student progress against the negative effects of doing so. Three recent articles offer a glance into it. In a guest post for Education Week (“Monty Neill: Building a Successful Test Reform Movement”, May 14, 2013), Monty Neill proposes halting or reducing [...] Read More
by Julia Steiny Three years ago, prior to enrolling her son in the middle school, Phyllis Penhallow... Read More
by Joe Nathan Jack Wickenhauser, De’shawnte Taylor, Vincent Smith Jr. and Denisse Sanchez are... Read More
by John Jensen, PhD In his article “Solving the ‘Boy Crisis’ in Schools,” (Huffington Post,... Read More
Students in Buena Vista schools in Michigan haven’t been to class since last Friday, mlive... Read More
Rural schools in West Virginia are attempting to resolve a growing number of challenges, including... Read More
Three years before Los Angeles Unified School District teacher Robert Pimentel was arrested for... Read More
The Dallas Morning News reports that Hispanics now make up 51% of all students enrolled in Texas... Read More
Anyone who read Anne of Green Gables, the Little House on the Prairie series or even Tom Sawyer is... Read More
by Joe Nathan BEST Academy “has an impressive record of educating Black boys at the highest... Read More
More groups are saying that the time and expense dedicated to standardized testing is having... Read More
Attempts to push students into attempting Algebra I material earlier in their academic careers... Read More
Enter your email to subscribe to daily Education News!
Plan your career as an educator using our free online datacase of useful information.