Sara Wood, a parent and education advocate in Louisiana, wrote an open letter to the Louisiana Senate Education Committee after they killed SB73.
NaughtyBots Part 4: Researchbots, Bought, or Naught, Theoretically Speaking?
This is the fourth part in a four-part NaughtyBots series about the #commoncore Project: How Social Media is Changing the Politics of Education.
NaughtyBots Part 3: Advocacy and Marginalization
This is the third part in a four-part NaughtyBots series about the #commoncore Project: How Social Media is Changing the Politics of Education.
NaughtyBots Part 2: Twittertards, TwitterBotsandNaughts, and Analog Man
This is the second part in a four part NaughtyBots series about the #commoncore Project: How Social Media is Changing the Politics of Education.
NaughtyBots Part 1: Articles
This is the first part in a four-part NaughtyBots series about the #commoncore Project: How Social Media is Changing the Politics of Education.
Beware, SAT Season is Here
Check your school district calendars for SAT administration dates if it is administered in your district and know what is not required in order to take it.
“Noncognitive” Factors: Are they Fair Game for Data Collection and Instruction?
In February 2013, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology released a draft of Promoting Grit, Tenacity, and Perseverance: Critical Factors for Success in the 21st Century. To many who were aware of this report, it was alarming and controversial. In the summary of this report it says. “There is a growing movement […]
A Case of Assessment Season Opt Out Bullying
Most parents requesting to opt out would be shook up and intimidated if they received the following letter and form. It likely would affect their judgment to the point they wouldn’t check facts for themselves. In this case, the parents let the school know their child was not to take the state assessment. The school […]
Why I Quit My Teaching Job
David Xirau was a math teacher at Weymouth High School (MA) until late January of this year. Below is the letter he wrote about why he quit his teaching job. What he expresses in his letter could be expressed by teachers in most any state these days. How many teachers are we losing to the […]
High School in Seattle says “No!” to the Common Core SBAC Assessments
In January last year, we reported about teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle taking a stand and refusing to administer the MAP test. Now, a year later, another high school in Seattle is taking a stand against the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium assessments. Yesterday afternoon the Nathan Hale Senate (functions as Building Leadership Team) […]
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