A cartoon that is well known to test prep-averse educators depicts a group of animals lined up in front of a man sitting behind a desk. Elephant, fish, seal, dog, monkey and pengui[...]
American education just received another beating. This one came in a December report from the Program for international Student Assessment (PISA). While the United States is the to[...]
West Virginia education officials said they have made progress on the governor's education priorities but more needs to be done. The priorities outlined by Gov. Earl Ray Tombli[...]
As schools across the state face tougher standards for what — and how — they teach students, the City School District is tapping into new technology to help its [...]
Major electoral contests – governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia, and wins by mayors-elect Martin Walsh in Boston and Bill de Blasio in New York City – caug[...]
There’s a “sheriff” in North Carolina. Who works for a “colonel” in Oklahoma. Who works for a billionaire in Oregon. These are the leaders of a new gr[...]
White House officials won't confirm it, but it appears that the Obama administration is poised to name the head of an educational-venture fund as its next top higher-education [...]
Outcome-Based Education. No Child Left Behind. Race to the Top. These ambitious government programs aim at making students better at completing tests, holding teachers accountable [...]
Education reform has become a prominent debate across the country, but the students who are impacted by its result are rarely invited to weigh in. This year, there has been a surge[...]
In the midst of the ongoing debate on how to best measure teacher effectiveness, Educational Testing Service (ETS) announced the release today of a presentation given by Stanford U[...]