The Forgotten Student
David Lantz: America has ignored the Forgotten Student and succumbed to what Alan Bloom called “The Closing of the American Mind.”
Tag: Barack Obama
The Failure Of Obama’s School “Turnaround”
Jenni White: Trickle-down education has never worked and never will. The best approach is locally administered education closest to parents and students.
Heritage Foundation: Six Things Betty DeVos Should Do In Her First 100 Days
The Heritage Foundation outline six things that President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education nominee, Betsy DeVos, in her first 100 days.
Will The Senate Vote to Stop John King?
Dr. John B. King, Jr., the acting U.S. Secretary of Education, is up for a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate later today who was a disaster for New Yorkers.
Bipartisanship Brings Us Horrible Education Policy
If bipartisanship brings us horrible bills like the Every Student Succeeds Act then it would have been better for Republicans to be more partisan.
Obama Wants to Limit Standardized Testing
President Barack Obama is doing an about face on standardized testing, he suggested that assessments should take no more than 2% of classroom time.
It’s My PII
Private information about students is made available for use in behavioral, psychological, and social science research unrelated to academics.
Nyah, nyah????
It is hard to tell whether the New York Daily News editorial about John King’s appointment as Acting Secretary of Eduction was serious or if it was satire.
John B. King is Not An Improvement Over Arne Duncan
President Barack Obama’s selection of john B. King to replace Arne Duncan as head of the U.S. Department of Education is not an improvement.
Don’t Buy Jeb Bush’s CPAC Spin on Common Core
CPAC 2015 afforded prospective 2016 candidate Jeb Bush the opportunity to blame President Obama for the problems conservatives have with Common Core.