We Won’t Be Fooled Again?
We were liberated from the fold, that’s allAnd the world looks just the sameAnd history ain’t changed‘Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war – Won’t Be Fooled […]
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Special Education Teacher Refuses to Give Her Students Standardized Tests Because They Are Not Standard
A veteran special education teacher in South Carolina has had enough – enough of subjecting her special needs students to state (and really federally) mandated standardized tests. She has taught […]
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Special Education Teacher Refuses to Give Her Students Standardized Tests Because They Are Not Standard
A veteran special education teacher in South Carolina has had enough – enough of subjecting her special needs students to state (and really federally) mandated standardized tests. She has taught […]
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Video: Who REALLY wants to know ALL about your kid? Opt-out
Apparently, there’s a new Bill Gates’ funded video circulating. It’s all about making sure parents don’t opt out. Oh Please. Rather than promote the paid advertisement for Gates’ Common Core tests […]
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John King of USDOEd Announces Guidance to States to Help Reduce Testing
Parents and teachers concerns about excessive testing are now assuaged! Acting USDOEd Secretary John King wants to assure you that only tests should be used that measure writing, […]
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USDOE Silently Takes Over Special Education
In an August 21, 2015 Federal Register Notice that was released quietly without fanfare, (not that most FRN’s get widely publicized) the USDoED unilaterally denied states the right to develop […]
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Quick. Download Your State’s Historical Testing Data. It Might Just Disappear.
Why would a governmental agency erase standardized test scores from its site? You can read more at The National Review about the latest data destroyer, the California Department of Education: […]
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The Disappearing Horizon of College Readiness
Horizon – derives from the Greek “ὁρίζων κύκλος” horizōn kyklos, “separating circle”, from the verb ὁρίζω horizō, “to divide”, “to separate”, and that from “ὅρος” (oros), “boundary, landmark” Pilots use […]
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The Secrets of Education Competition
Many Republicans are going to be touting the benefits of competition in education in this next election cycle. The R’s tend to prefer free market solutions to problems. Of course […]