Education and Testing Issues

Recent Issues

National / International

• 40 years of education reform (WSJ column piece)
• Students cheat, steal, but say they're good
• Ravitch on the Small Schools Scam
• Teachers to Pay To Plug in Coffee Pot
• Gates Foundation to Push National Standards and Develop Tests
• Student achievement gap exaggerated, prof claims
• New Rules Aimed at Highlighting, Improving Low Graduation Rates
• Test-Score Based "Merit" Pay Plans Expand
• John Holt Rises Again
• Reuters: Morelos Teachers Battle Back
• Under 'No Child' Law, Even Solid Schools Falter
• Times and Post Editorialize for Merit Pay
• Dangerous Thinking: RESTRUCTURING INNER-CITY SCHOOLS FOR THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE
• NYTimes Editorial For Merit Pay

 

California

• California education leaders told to brace for big budget cuts
• That Extra Three and a Half Feet
• The Ed School Dance
• Taliban Rising: Will Smith's Private School
• CBEE: A Scary Version of California's Future
• Teens face felony charges over computer break-ins, grade changes at Tesoro High School

 

San Diego

• Grier Plans School Closures By Committee
• Foundations Continue to Boost Rich San Diego Schools
• SDSU Student Body Prezzie Busted
• Fanatic Mystic to Sue San Diego Schools
• At Lincoln, a Rare Schooling in Social Justice

 

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