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Mandated “Standardized” Tests or Mandated “Performance” Tests?

July 16, 2019 By Sandra Stotsky

Dr. Sandra Stotsky: It is time for the Bay State’s own legislature to do some prolonged investigations of the costs and benefits of “performance-based assessments.” before agreeing to their possibility.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Massachusetts, standardized assessments

The Prospect of a Horrible PD, a Horrible Meeting, and an Unlikely Collaboration

July 12, 2019 By Barry Garelick

This is the sixth piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick

Filed Under: Education Reform

The Rituals of School, an Unusual Communion, and the Vast Wasteland of Math 8

July 8, 2019 By Barry Garelick

This is the fifth piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick

Filed Under: Education Reform

Who Knows? Who Decides? Who Decides Who Decides?

July 3, 2019 By J.R. Wilson

J.R. Wilson: The answers to the questions Who Knows? Who Decides? Who Decides Who Decides? with regard to our education system has shifted over time.

Filed Under: Education Reform

The Parole Officer’s Check List, the Dialectic of Competition, and Gnarly Problems

June 26, 2019 By Barry Garelick

This is the fourth piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick

Filed Under: Education Reform

Understanding, and Outliers in a Sea of Outliers

June 20, 2019 By Barry Garelick

This is the third piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: math

Changing State Standards: Repeal, Revise, Replace, Rebrand, Update, or Unique?

June 11, 2019 By J.R. Wilson

J.R. Wilson: Do states that make noise about Common Core want to repeal, revise, replace, rebrand, or update their standards?

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, Common Core State Standards

An espresso-based job interview, a 1962 algebra book, and procedures vs understanding

June 6, 2019 By Barry Garelick

Barry Garelick: I hoped I would be allowed autonomy in my new teaching job, but for the most part, I was glad they brought me in out of the rain.

Filed Under: Education Reform

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

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