Parent Threatens to Sue N.J. over PARCC Testing: Can We All Get a Grip?

"I will sue New Jersey Department of Education," said Veronica Mehno, a parent from West Windsor. "I will sue them…

11 years ago

Philadelphia Principal on Academia’s “Privilege and Arrogance” Regarding Parent Demand for Charter Schools

Philadelphia Public Schools has a decades-long history of failing traditional public schools and, hence, parents continue to demand seats in…

11 years ago

What’s Should a High School Diploma Be Worth? N.J. Apologists and Anti-PARCC-ers Say “Not Much”

In today’s NJ Spotlight, Mark Weber, ally of NJEA, Save Our Schools-NJ, Education Law Center, and doctoral student of Bruce…

11 years ago

How Do PARCC, Smarter Balanced, ACT, and MCAS Compare?

If you've been wondering, the Fordham Foundation just released its new report called "Evaluating the Content and Quality of Next…

11 years ago

Los Angeles Teacher Union Counting Votes on Whether to Raise Dues to Pay for “Ideological Activities”

The 32,000 members of the Los Angeles teachers union, UTLA, is counting member votes on whether to raise mandatory dues,…

11 years ago

In Camden, Renaissance Schools are Community Schools

One of the constant complaints from the anti-charter cadre is that independent schools decimate neighborhood schools, which sometimes serve as…

11 years ago

QOD: Graduation Rates Fall at Some of de Blasio’s “Renewal Schools”

Graduation rates fell or stagnated last year at 10 of the low-performing city high schools targeted for “renewal” by Mayor…

11 years ago

Education Law Center and Diane Ravitch: Perfect Together

Education Law Center (ELC) is justifiably proud of what it describes as its "decades-long history...to promote fair and equitable school…

11 years ago

Brookings Institute School Choice Correcxtion

Last week the Brookings Institute issued the Education Choice and Competition Index, which ranks 100 school districts on the "ease…

11 years ago

The “Time Loop” of Opposition to the Common Core

In today’s New York Times, Paul Krugman opines that the current GOP presidential contenders represent the “time loop party” who preen…

11 years ago