Fordham's latest
"The false promise of 'field testing' standards," by Kathleen Porter-Magee, Common Core Watch "Waivers: no state left behind," by Ty Eberhardt, The Education Gadfly Weekly "Review: School-Based Accountability and the Distribution of Teacher Quality Among Grades in Elementary Schools," by Amber Winkler and Daniela Fairchild, The Education Gadfly Weekly |
Here's a quick look at the education news from the weekend and this morning:
A Los Angeles Times editorial argues that overreliance on standardized testing may hinder the U.S.’s economic competitiveness.
NYC has proposed placing two new charters run by Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy Charter network in Manhattan. (Wall Street Journal)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on the tens of millions of dollars the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, recently searched by federal agents, pays each year to for-profit and non-profit companies run by former executives at the school.
Chicago elementary school test scores are at an all-time high. (Chicago Sun-Times)
Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown (and newly appointed UN special envoy for global education) writes that education is every human’s right. (The Daily Beast)
