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Teacher Incompetence or Lack of Adequate Training?

June 3, 2019 By Sandra Stotsky

Sandra Stotsky: To know why kids who, at the end of 3rd grade, have low reading achievement we should look at how their teachers were trained and tested.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: teacher preparation

Pearson’s Strategy to Disrupt the Education System

May 28, 2019 By J.R. Wilson

A new report seems to make the case that Pearson is encouraging the privatization of schooling, reducing the need for trained teachers, and the accumulation of data.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Pearson, student data mining, teaching profession

A Rising Parent Voice Gains Attention

April 29, 2019 By J.R. Wilson

Articles noticing parental dissent over several education trends does not mean parents did not speak out before instead they just went ignored.

Filed Under: Education Reform, Parental Rights in Education

US Education’s Dominant Research Method: Cherry Picking Evidence

April 12, 2019 By Richard Phelps

Richard P. Phelps: In the realm of education testing policy cherry pickers have run the show for over three decades. It’s time to unrig the research.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: education policy, testing and accountability

Review: DIVE Online Math and Science Program

April 5, 2019 By Nakonia (Niki) Hayes

Niki Hayes reviews DIVE online math and science programs after a phone conversation with Dr. David Shormann about the math program he created.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: David Shormann, DIVE, math

Five Problems With Standards-Based Grading

April 1, 2019 By Wendy Hart

Wendy Hart: Standards-based grading will lead us further away from freedom and individuality and could lead to a loss of selected types of knowledge.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Standards-Based Grading, Standards-Based Reform

Various Narratives, Growth Mindsets and an Intro to One of my Parole Officers

March 27, 2019 By Barry Garelick

Barry Garelick shares this anecdote from his teaching career to provide “deep understanding” of any narratives you wish to supply.

Filed Under: Education Reform

Upcoming Book: Roots of Low Achievement

March 18, 2019 By Shane Vander Hart

Rowman & Littlefield will release “Roots of Low Achievement: Where to Begin Altering Them” by Dr. Sandra Stotsky in August of 2019.

Filed Under: Education Reform

Why Data Has Not Fixed the Education System

January 16, 2019 By Shane Vander Hart

Simon Rodberg in Harvard Business Review: “Don’t try to turn teachers into data analysts; try, instead, to help them be better teachers.”

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Data-Driven Reform, Simon Rodberg

Childhood Is Taking A Beating

December 28, 2018 By Denis Ian and Michelle Moore

Denis Ian and Michelle Moore: Childhood is taking a beating … pounded by ill-intentioned adults who seem in a special hurry to disease it with a certain regimentation.

Filed Under: Education Reform

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