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Special Ed Teachers Crushed by Data? Don’t Opt Out!

NPR reported this past weekend that 40 out of 50 states are having trouble finding special education teachers teachers and…

9 years ago

N.J. PARCC Scores: All Our Kids are Above Average (well, mostly)

The New Jersey Department of Education released the state’s PARCC scores yesterday and the results were good and, in fact,…

9 years ago

New York State Teacher Union and Opt-Out Lobbyist Call it: Mission of Opt-Outers Isn’t Over-Testing Students But Protecting Teachers

According to NPR, Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia is "hoping to contain a movement that led 20 percent of students…

9 years ago

New Spotlight column: Why is the Opt-Out Movement Outraged at Obama’s Testing Cap?

It starts here:On Saturday President Obama proposed a “Testing Action Plan” (TAP) that urges states to cap student standardized testing…

9 years ago

N.J. PARCC Drill-Down: Reality Hurts and Common Core Works

The New Jersey Department of Education released the state’s first PARCC results yesterday afternoon. No surprises here: student proficiency scores…

9 years ago

NYS Comm. Elia is No Union-First Hack

Today the New York Post Editorial Board comes out swinging, fists squarely directed at State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia because…

9 years ago

The Myth of the “Overstressed American Teen”

Remember that movie "Race to Nowhere" where students are bullwhipped by mountains of schoolwork, tests, and stress, while their teachers…

9 years ago

Sen. Teresa Ruiz Scotches Opt-Out Bill, Despite Pressure from NJEA and Save Our Schools

Props to Senator Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), who withstood pressure from NJEA and Save Our Schools-NJ and stood strong against an…

9 years ago

NEA Approves New Anti-Accountability Items at the Expense of Disadvantaged Kids

The U.S. Congress is seemingly close to reauthorizing ESEA, now called the “Every Child Achieves Act.” But the current proposal…

9 years ago