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With increased backlash against excessive testing both in the US and in other countries, elementary teachers in Ontario have taken a stand, asking that standardized testing in grades 3 and 6 be suspended for the next two years (“Elementary teachers … Continue reading
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Check out this interesting article by Karen Houppert in The Washington Post, “Separate but equal: More schools are dividing classes by gender.” What a complicated issue. The author looks at a school in Washington, D.C. where students are separated by … Continue reading
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Teachers in Ontario, Canada, recently called for a ban on standardized testing (“Standardized Testing, Perception, & Reality”). It appears there is increased interest in abandoning the test mania that has dominated education for the past fifteen years. A high school … Continue reading
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Speaking in Little Rock, Arkansas, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had this to say: “If it was up to me and the law allowed it, I would put out student attendance data and hold parents accountable. And while we’re at … Continue reading
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It’s bad enough that some schools bribe kids to do well, offering them money for academic achievement. At the Jefferson Elementary School in St. Louis they have taken this ill-advised practice a step further. To recruit new students – this … Continue reading
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