A first look at the most important education news from the weekend and this morning:
A resolution adopted by union members at last weekend’s AFT convention calls for an end to high-stakes testing. Also at the summit, Joe Biden said that teachers are under "full-blown attack" by Republicans. (MLive.com)
Fordham's latest
"Blended learning: innovating the teaching process," by Aaron Churchill, Ohio Gadfly Daily "Assignment desk: CCSS Math curriculum rankings," by Kathleen Porter-Magee, Common Core Watch "Alexander and Spellings on the GOP's education agenda," by Ty Eberhardt, Flypaper |
A Washington Post staff editorial argues that the improved performance of D.C. public school students provides "unmistakable proof" that reforms implemented in the District since education came under mayoral control have been effective.
The New York Times describes the spread of Teacher Performance Assessment in teacher certification across the country.
Aggressive marketing campaigns have led to an uptick in Catholic-school enrollment in some cities. (AP)
The New York Times’s Room for Debate asks if school performance can be measured fairly (including a response from Fordham’s Mike Petrilli).
New research calls into question whether Texas’s state test is useful as an indicator of the effects of classroom instruction. (New York Times)
