Education news nuggets

Three cheers for New Jersey?they are banning weekend homework!

Toward less fed in your ed

Podcast: Testing, testing, 1-2-3

Mike's back in the saddle; he and Janie fire off points on international comparisons and testing-for-evaluation in L.A. and NYC. Amber shoots holes in a new ACT study and Chris exercises his first amendment rights.[powerpress]

Quotable & notable

?But the truth is, arguing against testing for kids with disabilities is discriminatory.'' * ?Michelle Rhee, CEO and Founder of StudentsFirst