At the bottom of yesterday’s Sunday Leftovers is Andy Rotherham’s response to a post by Tim Daly of TNTP. Daly analyzes the recent about-face by
The Wall St. Journal reports that students at Ardsley High School in Westchester, NY, and also Norther Valley Regional School District in Bergen County, are
The Common Core, writes Evan Stone, former elementary teacher and founder of Educators for Excellence, is “not a curriculum” and “it doesn’t tell teachers how
My column today at WHYY Newsworks is about why I think that Christie can’t win the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. Last month Chris Christie barely
Yesterday’s New York Times editorial section includes a column by Frank Bruni regarding a partnership between the U.S. Department of Education, Microsoft, and Teach for
Speaking of Carolee Adams, president of the NJ chapter of the Eagle Forum (see post below), twelve NJ Republican senators, reports The Record, asked Ed.
In my column today at WHYY Newsworks, I look at NJ’s tightening senatorial race between Cory Booker and Steve Lonegan, particularly Booker’s “triangulation” of his
Here’s a bit of NJ weirdness: the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders) has issued a resolution “in opposition to the Common Core and Assessments.”
From Politico: WHAT’S NEXT FOR PARCC? — Fla. Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Monday saying he wanted out of the Common Core testing
My column today at NJ Spotlight examines the conflict between those who fear that escalating use of data in evaluating student growth and teacher performance