Achievement Gap
Why Eliminating the MCAS Graduation Requirement Hurts Students and Undermines Education in Massachusetts
Massachusetts, the state with America’s oldest school system, has always topped public education rankings. That achievement is partly due to its rigorous standards and high expectations. That’s why...
Standards
Don’t Hate the Achievement Test, Hate the System
In most schools across the country, students are assessed by achievement tests. These tests are used for many purposes, including gauging students’ progress as well as judging teachers’ and schools’...
Standards
Standardized Tests Are Racist, So Are You
Too many Black, Brown and low-income students are further behind in their pursuits of their God-given potential. For many of our youth, they are behind more than ever. None of this was inevitable....
Standards
NYC Won’t Allow Yeshiva Students To Fail—But It’s OK For Public School Students?
After not one student attending Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts passed either their state math or English Language Arts tests in 2015, 2016, or 2017, the Harlem middle...
CRT
With Florida Math Textbook Rejections, CRT Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
While Twitter’s chock full of talk about Florida banning books that include “critical race theory (CRT),” there’s even more weirdness going on. Some background: Florida’s Department of Education...
IEP
If You’ve Been Silent About Child Justice, We Need You Now More Than Ever
We have a problem. The global COVID-19 pandemic has not only created a storm of challenges in policy and practice for public education; it also has fomented political and racial divisions in parent...