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Tag: Valarie Strauss

Teacher Shortages Become More Acute

Valarie Strauss at The Washington Post writes about the teacher shortages every state is facing this school year, a problem that has become acute in recent years.

August 29, 2017 Shane Vander Hart
Education Reform Common Core, standardized testing, teacher shortages, testing and accountability, Valarie Strauss2 Comments on Teacher Shortages Become More Acute

Big Data Laid Bare

Leonie Haimson and Cheri Kiesecker with the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy point out the astonishing amount of data being collected on our children.

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 Shane Vander Hart
Privacy/SLDS FERPA, HIPAA, inBloom, Leonie Haimson, p12, P20, Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, SLDS, Student Privacy, Valarie Strauss, Washington Post

One College Refuses to Accept College Entrance Exams

Hampshire College in Amherst, MA decided to not accept ACT or SAT scores from students seeking admissions saying tests don’t predict a student’s success.

September 30, 2015 Shane Vander Hart
Common Core Assessments ACT, college entrance exam, Hampshire College, Jonathan Lash, SAT, standardized tests, test-optional schools, U.S. News & World Report, Valarie Strauss2 Comments on One College Refuses to Accept College Entrance Exams

White House Thankful for Bush’s Common Core Efforts

A former White House official said that the Obama administration was always thankful for the work that Jeb Bush did promoting Common Core.

August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 Shane Vander Hart
Candidates on Education, Common Core State Standards Common Core State Standards, Dan Pfeiffer, Fox News GOP Debate, Jeb Bush, Valarie Strauss

Teaching Literature as Teaching Particular Concepts and Skills

If all you do is teach a particular set of concepts and skills within a novel you are not teaching literature.

June 24, 2015June 23, 2015 Shane Vander Hart
Common Core State Standards Common Core ELA Standards, New York Times, Valarie Strauss

Race to the Top Loses All Funding in ‘Cromnibus’

Personally I’m not a fan of huge spending bills of any type.  That said, Valarie Strauss pointed out the silver lining for

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December 12, 2014 Shane Vander Hart
Race to the Top Common Core State Standards, Crominbus, Race to the Top, Valarie Strauss3 Comments on Race to the Top Loses All Funding in ‘Cromnibus’
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