LATEST EDUCATION NEWS
January 20, 2013
The Star-Ledger reports that as “part of an effort to heighten school security in the wake of the tragic school shootings in Newtown, Conn., the […]
January 18, 2013
Rick Hess at Edweek considers the investment in the Gates Foundation’s MET analysis, particularly its finding that using student academic growth gauged by standardized tests […]
January 18, 2013
This is probably not how Mike Bloomberg imagined his education legacy: mired in mud after the leadership of UFT, NYC’s teachers’ union, declined to sign […]
January 17, 2013
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks examines new research out from the Gates Foundation on the validity and fairness of using student standardized test scores […]
January 17, 2013
The Wall St. Journal reports today that “more than a dozen New Jersey towns could lose at least 10% of their tax base due to […]
January 15, 2013
Check out today’s NJ Spotlight for the big education news story of the day: the Democrats in the Assembly and Legislature are in the midst […]