Bar Exam for Teachers?
The AFT's new and much-ballyhooed proposal, contained in a report titled Raising the Bar, revives the Shanker-era idea of a “bar exam” for entering teachers
The AFT's new and much-ballyhooed proposal, contained in a report titled Raising the Bar, revives the Shanker-era idea of a “bar exam” for entering teachers
Veteran Gates "advocacy" chief Stefanie Sanford will join David Coleman as the College Board's new head of policy, advocacy, and government relations
A first look at today's education news: Common Core pilot in Chicago school is successful, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation awards $25 million for fostering collaboration between charter schools and traditional public schools, and more
If Ms. Ravitch herself aimed to be self-critical and honest in the matter of the best interest of students, she would need to examine the public school model that she has, of late, been trumpeting
A first look at today's education news: Report finds that nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and young adults are neither working nor in school, English Common Core State Standards spark debate over fiction and nonfiction, and more
It isn't going to be easy for David Coleman and his fellow authors of the Common Core English/Language Arts standards to wean U.S. students off writing about themselves.
A first look at education news from this weekend and today: Five states to add 300 hours of learning time to some school calendars, state judge shoots down Louisiana's school-voucher program, and more