Today’s NJ Spotlight reports on Gov. Christie’s approval of two Assembly bills, one that bars standardized testing for K-2 students and the other that forbids
There are two articles out today, one from the Fran Stancavage and George Bohrnstedt at the American Institute for Research and the other from Michael
It starts here: On Saturday President Obama proposed a “Testing Action Plan” (TAP) that urges states to cap student standardized testing at no more than
From Chalkbeat, which asks if the pending retirement of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch is a victory for labor leaders of the NYSUT (who felt little
Like the boy in the Hans Christian Anderson’s tale called “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” we’re all agape as results on new benchmarked assessments roll in
Let me state this for the record: I love PBS. But Gwen Ifill’s interview with Jesse Hagopian, an anti-testing activist in Seattle who, according to
The New Jersey Department of Education released the state’s first PARCC results yesterday afternoon. No surprises here: student proficiency scores were lower because the tests
While the State needs to step up funding and contribute to constructions costs, says Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, The teachers unions need to be part
Caterina Lafergola, the principal of New York City’s Automotive High, spoke to Chalkbeat about her challenges in leading one of NYC’s worst schools, one where
Rafael Collazo, Director of the National Council of La Raza and a New Jersey public school parent, addressed the Education Standards Review Committee on Monday