Daily Archives: April 23, 2015

Originally posted on Daniel Katz, Ph.D.:
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appears displeased with the national Opt Out movement.  In an interview with New York Times reporter Motoko Rich at the Education Writers Association national seminar in Chicago this…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Russ Walsh, an expert on literacy who blogs regularly, here reviews Paul Thomas’s excellent new book Beware the Roadbuilders. I have often posted pieces by Paul Thomas, who is passionate about social and…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Robyn Brydalski is a third grade teacher. When she gathered up the Common Core tests at the end of three days of testing, she cried. She cried for her students, who had spent…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
This is quite a remarkable admission. Nicholas Kristof writes today in the New York Times that the “reform” efforts have “peaked.” I read that and the rest of the column to mean that…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
This letter was written by a first grade teacher in upstate Néw York: She writes: (Un)Intended Consequences Today was the first day of the NYS ELA tests. I must state right from the…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Jeanette Deutermann is a parent who lives on Long Island. She launched the nation’s biggest opt out movement in her community. It was all grassroots. Here she reflects on the dramatic spread of…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
New York State may have the discretion to withhold federal funds from districts where more than 5% of students didn’t take the annual tests. Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch continues to assert…