Commentary
Curriculum & Instruction
President Obama's meaningless pledge to reduce school tests
The time spent testing isn’t the issue; the problem is the sky-high stakes attached. Robert Pondiscio
The time spent testing isn’t the issue; the problem is the sky-high stakes attached. Robert Pondiscio
What’s it going to take to get curriculum taken seriously as a reform lever? Robert Pondiscio
Is LAUSD railroading Rafe Esquith? Also: the value of lectures, and a sad tale of wasted promise.
Intel cuts the cord on its Science Talent Search sponsorship and drives another nail into the coffin of U.S. gifted education. Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Brandon L. Wright
Beware the snake oil. The fact is that early learning produces long-term gains. Tim Shanahan
Boehner is out! McCarthy is in! No, wait, McCarthy is out!
Writing in his always-entertaining blog a few weeks ago, Whitney Tilson gave a nice nod to Dan Willingham’s New York Times