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Is There Value in Value-Added Testing?
Milwaukee plans an unprecedented expansion of testing. Here’s why it’s a mistake.
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Teaching In Dangerous Times
In this era of demands for teacher quality, it is crucial to develop culturally relevant ways to assess teachers.
In this era of demands for teacher quality, it is crucial to develop culturally relevant ways to assess teachers.
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MPS Parents Protest Budget Cuts
MPS faces $32 million deficit and School Board fails to aggressively fight for more money.
Parents call upon School Board to find money to offset $32 million deficit.
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Walk on the Child’s Side
Wisconsin march in June 2000 will protest spending caps.
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The Case for Smaller Classes
Small classes have long been popular with parents and teachers. Evaluations of Wisconsin and Tennessee programs also show that small classes improve academic achievement.
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Voucher Backers Illegally Funnel Money
A suit by the State Elections Board of Wisconsin has accused voucher supporters of illegally funneling money into the Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign of Justice Jon Wilcox.
A suit by the State Elections Board of Wisconsin has accused voucher supporters of illegally funneling money into the Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign of Justice Jon Wilcox.
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Voucher School CEO Sentenced To Jail
A Milwaukee judge issued a rebuke to the voucher program before sentencing the CEO of a voucher school - who is also a convicted rapist - to six months in jail for tax fraud on an unrelated matter.
The head of one Milwaukee voucher school draws a six-month sentence for tax fraud connected to another venture, as the sentencing judge calls the voucher program “easy pickings for people who are not inclined to be honest.”
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Raising Children’s Cultural Voices
A third-grade teacher describes how she uses children's writing to expand cultural awareness and teach Spanish and English in a two-way bilingual program.
A third-grade teacher describes how she uses children’s writing to expand cultural awareness and teach Spanish and English in a two-way bilingual program.
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Learning in Four Languages
“In this class you can learn Spanglish, Africa-American English, Standard English, and Standard Spanish.”
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Kids Protest Tax on Books
Fifth-graders in Springfield, MA, traveled to the state legislature in Boston on Apr. 26 to address a legislative taxation committee and demand that children’s books be exempted from the state’s 5% sales tax.
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Students Protest Tests
Hundreds of high school students from across Massachusetts boycotted the state’s high-stakes test this April.
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The Educational Costs of Standardization
More testing might sound nice as a policy soundbite. But as Texas shows, the move toward high-stakes tests shortchanges learning in the classroom.
More testing might sound nice as a policy soundbite. But as Texas shows, the move toward high-stakes tests shortchanges learning in the classroom.
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Dangers of Early Childhood Testing
As early as 1976 the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) called for a moratorium on standardized testing in the early schools years. A decade later, it strengthened its positions, saying: "We now believe firmly that no standardized testing should occur in preschool and K-2 years. Further we question the need to test every child in the remaining elementary years."
As early as 1976 the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) called for a moratorium on standardized testing in the early schools years. A decade later, it strengthened its positions, saying: “We now believe firmly that no standardized testing should occur in preschool and K-2 years. Further we question the need to test every child in the remaining elementary years.”
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Operation Bearlift
An elementary teacher, weary of gimmicks such as Gum Day and Hat Day, turns to social action to build classroom community.
An elementary teacher, weary of gimmicks such as Gum Day and Hat Day, turns to social action to build classroom community.
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The Tea Party
A high school English teacher uses a "tea party" - in which students give brief previews of good books - to entice reluctant readers to read.
A high school English teacher uses a “tea party” – in which students give brief previews of good books – to entice reluctant readers to read.
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When Schools Compete
The search for more effective ways to organize and manage state educational systems has become a global phenomenon. In recent years attention in many countries has focused on two distinct but interrelated sets of ideas.
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A Journey to Openness
An elementary principal tells of his journey from closeted teacher to openly gay administrator.
An elementary principal tells of his journey to openly gay administrator.
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Fed Up with Gay-Bashing
An 11-year-old student takes a stand against homophobic slurs.
An 11-year-old student takes a stand against homophobic slurs.
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Defending Freedom of the Press
A middle school student organizes to defend a student newspaper.
A middle school student organizes to defend a student newspaper.
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Students’ Rights
A handy rundown of the free-speech rights students have under current law.
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Please – No More Magic Bullets!
High-Stakes testing is the latest reform designed to save public education. But this reform du jour is a recipe for disaster.
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A Vision of School Reform
School reform debates are often long on rhetoric and short on substance, dominated by 30-second soundbites rather than thoughtful conversations.
A working draft outlining eight principles to guide school reform.
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Shorts 14.4
African American and Latino youth are treated far more harshly than white youths when facing the juvenile justice system, according to a new report
Volume 14, No.4
Summer 2000
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