Daily Archives: August 24, 2018

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Wesley Null, teacher educator and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, reflects on that feeling you get right before school starts, a feeling of anticipation and a new…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Denis Smith writes here about four elected officials, now standing for re-election, who stood by and watched (or helped) the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) as it drained money from the state’s public…

Originally posted on janresseger:
You will remember Eva Moskowitz, the New York City diva of no-excuses charter schools. In 2016, Moskowitz was paid by her board—made up of the city’s wealthy hedge funders—salary, bonuses and benefits of $782,175 to run…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
For the past 35 years of school reform, business practices and, yes, even metaphors–“the bottom line,” “return on investment,” and titles such as “CEO” and “Director” have been present…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
I have been thinking and writing about the concepts of efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity in different occupations. A question crossed my mind: how do cartoonists look at these concepts?…

Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog:
The College Board’s June 2018 administration of the SAT continues to draw organized criticism. As noted in my August 04, 2018, post, a number of June 2018 SAT test takers have noted…