Daily Archives: May 22, 2018

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
This is the weekly round up of testing news from FairTest, which has been fighting the misuse of standardized testing since 1973: The message from parents, students, educators and community leaders could not…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Do not normalize school shootings as an everyday occurrence caused by too many doors, video games, Ritalin, or other inconsequential things. CNN reports that the U.S. rate of school shootings far outpaces all…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Recently The Century Foundation issued a report about charter schools that are “diverse by design.” The report was intended to show that charters are capable of producing integration (more than public schools) because…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Susan Edelman, reporter at the New York Post, often gets scoops, and this one is a doozy. Several principals have been accused of sexual harassment. Some have caused the city to pay out…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Watch this powerful 2-minute video, in which civil rights leader Jitu Brown tells the dramatic story of the Dyett hunger strike in Chicago, which lasted 34 days and compelled the city to keep…

Originally posted on janresseger:
Uh-oh!  Last week Betsy DeVos got in trouble again. Every time she speaks about her work at the U.S. Department of Education, DeVos gets herself in trouble.  We’ll see if it happens again today as she…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented in strong terms from today’s Supreme Court Decision curtailing workers’ Rights. As the oldest Justice, age 85, she has many admirers who count on her to…