What, you say? Yesterday it was push-pull and today it's see-saw? What will it be tomorrow???Tomorrow? Well, maybe I will use a phrase that Rob Horowitz and I used to bandy about: the churn.I am a big fan of Valerie Strauss's blog in the Washington Post: The Answer Sheet.It doesn't hurt that she has from time-to-time pointed towards Dewey21C, but really, it's because of posts … [Read more...] about The See-Saw of Education: The Suprising Reasons Why Other Nations Outperform the US
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Essential Reading for Arts Education–Unintended Consequences: High Stakes Can Result in Low Standards
Okay, fair enough, the article I am strongly recommending is not about arts education, per se. Or is it? Why don't you give a good summer read to Linda Perlstein's piece in the American Educator: Unintended Consequences: High Stakes Can Result in Low Standards.As an added bonus, you get a short piece by noted testing expert Daniel Koretz, whose work recently led to the … [Read more...] about Essential Reading for Arts Education–Unintended Consequences: High Stakes Can Result in Low Standards
A Moment of Clarity: Test Scores in New York State Are Recalibrated
Many of you have no doubt heard the great news over the past few years about rising ELA and math test scores in the New York City Public Schools. But wait, there was more: test scores were rising all across the state, no matter what the intervention.The New York State Department of Education has recalibrated the state test scores for ELA and math, and this moment of clarity … [Read more...] about A Moment of Clarity: Test Scores in New York State Are Recalibrated
Through a Prism: The Bending of K-12 Arts and Education
As much as people are disappointed with the way arts education is situated within the USDOE's Blueprint for ESEA reauthorization, most people I know inside and outside the arts are pleased with the proposal to rethink AYP . For those who don't get what I am talking about, click here for a quick and lively catch-up. I was looking at a Wall Street Journal editorial yesterday, … [Read more...] about Through a Prism: The Bending of K-12 Arts and Education
Oh! The Tests You’ll Take–What Dr. Seuss Might Have Written Today
Perhaps, had Dr. Seuss been alive today, he might have written the counterpart to Oh! The Places You'll Go and called it: Oh! The Tests You'll Take.One of the things I like to do with this blog is to bring to your attention things you might have missed. Here's one for ya:Tips for the Admissions Test...for Kindergarten is a piece from last week's New York Times that looks at … [Read more...] about Oh! The Tests You’ll Take–What Dr. Seuss Might Have Written Today