Accountability

N.J. Correlations Between Anti-Vaxxers and Anti-Testers

The Star-Ledger reports that a record  9,500 students in New Jersey declined vaccinations in the 2015-16 school year, according to…

8 years ago

My Equity Button

Princeton High School students sure do love their Advanced Placement courses. According to New Jersey D.O.E. data, last year 97.3%…

9 years ago

What’s the Role of School Superintendents in Opt-Out Fever?

Last week I looked at the how differences in  state-level leadership, teacher unions, and parent advocacy may have affected New…

9 years ago

QOD: Some Choice Words for Diane Ravitch and Her Opt-Out Minions

Charles Cole at the Huffington Post:I remember graduating being in the top 10 percentile throughout high school. I remember having…

9 years ago

Just How White is Opt-Out?

Opt Out Long Island is jubilantly tweeting about soaring test refusal rates on the North Fork. the peninsula on the…

9 years ago

What Bill Bennett Got Wrong and Right About New York’s Opt-Out Movement and Teacher Unions

Today at The 74 Bill Bennett suggests that the opt-out movement in New York is driven solely by  teacher union…

9 years ago

Comparing NY and NJ’s Opt-Out Fever

New York and New Jersey are neighbors, but you’d never know it, at least judging by disparities in their anti-testing…

9 years ago

In Which I Explain One of the Reasons I Do What I Do

It starts here:Here’s Donald Trump, America’s likely Republican presidential nominee, describing his vision of the federal role in public education:I’m…

9 years ago

Is Refusing Tests Just Like Fighting for Abolition and Marriage Equality?

At Public School 321 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, part of District 15, more than a third of the eligible students…

9 years ago

What Happens when a Long Island District Liquidates Standards and Accountability?

In a school district in Suffolk County, N.Y., a  revolution against standards and assessments is underway. However, this is not…

9 years ago