Daily Archives: January 12, 2015

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
The Néw Jersey Charter School Association filed an ethics complaint against Rutgers professor Julia Sass Rubin, because she identified herself as a Rutgers professor when speaking and writing critically about charter schools. She…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Jason Stanford of Austin asks, what is the point of testing? The answer, he supposes, is to collect data. What is the point of data? Stop and think about it. “To many, the…

Originally posted on DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER:
The other day I posted an article on Facebook that has received a lot of buzz. It’s title, “Why Half of the Nation’s New Teachers Can’t Leave Fast Enough.” After reading…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Civil rights groups issued a statement expressing their support for annual testing. The statement makes assumptions about the supposed benefits of testing that are surprising. After 13 years of federally mandated annual testing,…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Lloyd Lofthouse notes the expansion of the charter sector in past decade-plus and wonders how this will affect public schools. We know from many state and city studies that charters don’t outperform public…

Originally posted on 34justice:
I recently discussed why teachers unions are important agents of social justice on “Education On Tap,” a Teach For America (TFA) podcast created by Aaron French. I really enjoyed the conversation – French goes above and…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
While there has been much talk about the needs of teacher education, the “fixes” now center on Arne Duncan’s misguided belief that teacher colleges should be evaluated by the scores of the students…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Kate Rousmaniere is Professor and chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at Miami University (Ohio). Her most recent book is: The Principals’ Office: A Social History of the…