Standards
Finally, the Candidates Discuss Education Policy
Well, folks, we’re 288 days into the worst election year of all time but we’ve finally got some answers on education that will knock anything else going on out of the news cycle. Valerie Strauss,...
Charter Schools
3 Reasons I'm Missing Teachers Union Legend Al Shanker Right About Now
Three recent experiences have served to remind me how much I miss—and how much the country and the cause of better education were diminished by the loss of— the late Albert Shanker, who passed away...
Achievement Gap
I Just Couldn’t Trust a Diverse Suburb With My Black Daughter’s Education
People loosely use the term “good schools and diversity” without looking into it or researching what that means. When you get below the surface, it means achievement for the White kids, but not for...
School Choice
Education Polling: Are Americans Complacent, or Just Confused?
Opt-Out. Testing. Charters. Common Core. Closings. Accountability. Standards. Teacher Tenure. Teacher Pay. School Spending. If you’re in the education bubble, like we are, you spend the whole year...
Achievement Gap
‘Subgroup’ Isn’t Just a Term for Data Nerds, It’s a Key to Social Justice and Equity
States across the country are working to develop their new school accountability systems as required by the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Education advocates,...
Standards
After Last Week, There's a Good Chance #ImWithHer Now
I talk about expectations all the time and how we must ensure that the bar for our students and our children is a high one. And I firmly believe that to be true. But I realized last week that my...