The Finns again! Twitter friend and fellow teacher Jeremy Hurd points me toward Finnish education expert Pasi Sahlberg's own recapitulation of what's right with Finnish education and what's wrong with American education reform efforts. Actually, Sahlberg sees a global education…
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William Johnson teaches special education at a public school in Brooklyn. With a few checkmarks, his principal has labeled him an "unsatisfactory" teacher. In an NYT essay, he explains the mixed signals his administrators have given him to complicate his…
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed that South Dakota increase the frequency of standardized testing of students from the current NCLB regime of once-a-year tests for grades 3, 4, 5, 8, and 11 to tests at the start, middle, and end…
Governor Dennis Daugaard thinks South Dakota needs more effective teachers. Wait, edit that: he definitely doesn't want more teachers who are effective. He wants teachers who are more effective. If that's really what the Governor wants, then why would he…
If 84% of the kids in your high school planning to go to college weren't fully ready for college, would you be worried? If so, the ACT gives cause for worry. According to a report on Madison High School's ACT…