NCLB Anniversary
Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of No Child Left Behind. Despite the failing memories of everyone who voted for the bill and the organizations that supported it, it has raised awareness of...
View ArticleStates consider bills to end social promotion to 4th grade
One of my unpopular beliefs is that social promotion is one of the biggest problems in public education. I don’t believe we do students any favors when we promote them on to the next grade without...
View ArticleLifetime English Learners
I has happy to see this Orange County Register opinion piece by Assemblyman Chris Norby. I’ve been concerned about the large percentage of English Learners who start in kindergarten as an English...
View ArticleTests need to matter to students too!
Coach Brown frequently does a great job of describing how teachers think and feel. I thought this post raises a really important point. Darren over at “Right on Left Coast” (blogroll) has a post that...
View ArticleTeacher unions might be in trouble
In general, teachers are great people. No one becomes a school teacher for the great pay, comfortable work environment and respect. Teachers want their students to be successful. Unfortunately,...
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Why California won’t get an NCLB waiver and why it doesn’t matter
Last week, California Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson told the media that his office had been told by the US Department of Education that the state wouldn’t be receiving a No Child...
View ArticleWalt goes off the deep end again
It has been a while since I commented about a post from Walt Gardner in EdWeek. This post from today was just too classic Walt for me to ignore. Over the past two years, 10 states have given letter...
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