Daily Archives: October 5, 2015

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Thanks to the reader known as FLERP for finding this terrific article about kindergarten children in Finland. What matters most: Play! While our five-year-olds buckle down to show that they have mastered academic…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
The U.S. will hear a case this fall that will determine the future of labor unions. Pro-business groups have fought the very idea of labor unions and collective bargaining for more than a…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Jan Resseger served for many years as program director for education justice of the United Church of Christ. She is a woman with a strong social conscience, who is devoted to the well-being…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Here are John Thompson’s reactions to the transition at the U.S. Department if Education. I am happy to welcome John’s first direct contribution to the blog. John is a historian and a history…

Originally posted on Daniel Katz, Ph.D.:
“Families” For Excellent Schools, the hedge-fund and foundation backed advocacy group that has waged constant war on New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio on behalf of the charter school sector in general and Eva…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Politico reports on the lawsuit that teachers have filed against the state’s teacher evaluation system, which bases 50% of a teacher’s evaluation on test scores: UNIONS SEEKING HALT TO NEW MEXICO TEACHER EVALS:…

Originally posted on Daniel Katz, Ph.D.:
“Families” For Excellent Schools, the hedge-fund and foundation backed advocacy group that has waged constant war on New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio on behalf of the charter school sector in general and Eva…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
“The XQ Institute is in service of parents and pioneers, entrepreneurs and teachers, business leaders and administrators, youth and education experts—who are joining a movement to rethink America’s schools.…