Category Archives: Education policy

Mary Byrne’s letter to US Education Department regarding information collection under FERPA

Posted on 18 January, 2021 by Mary Byrne

This is a response to ED’s questions regarding the proposed extension of a currently approved information collection under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as posed in the Federal Register, January 5, 2021: (1) Is this collection necessary … Continue reading →

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Hoping for a Stronger Focus on Public Education after November 3, 2020

Posted on 1 November, 2020 by Sandra Stotsky

Whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins in the presidential election of 2020, we need a new kind of Secretary of Education—someone who has classroom teaching experience beyond grade 5 and has administered an elementary, middle, or high school for … Continue reading →

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Here’s how Idaho can develop academically strong ELA and Mathematics Standards when it revises its current standards*

Posted on 20 August, 2020 by Sandra Stotsky

By Sandra Stotsky, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas Idaho can develop effective non-Common Core standards for mathematics and English/reading if its Legislature requires the development of K-12 standards in mathematics and in English/reading with the following features and guiding policies: … Continue reading →

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What can we do now: Education in America is a victim of Covid 19

Posted on 28 July, 2020 by Betty Peters

AL’s education rating is already at the bottom of the heap nationally, but I don’t think any states are faring well today, and I don’t think any states have a solution. Am I alone in thinking that American education is … Continue reading →

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K-12 is a land of mystery

Posted on 29 May, 2020 by Bruce Price

Bruce Dietrick Price* For those who enjoy a good puzzle, K-12 education is more intellectually entertaining than most people imagine. Classrooms are full of convoluted theories and mystifying methods. Probably the teachers themselves can’t explain the reasoning behind approaches that … Continue reading →

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Who’s Telling the Truth about Alabama’s Constitutional Amendment One?

Posted on 1 March, 2020 by Betty Peters

As a former member of the Alabama State School Board (2003-2019), I would like to share my concerns about the ballot language for Amendment One. When voters get a ballot on March 3, this is all that is printed in … Continue reading →

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Test Critics Fail the Test: Critics of Testing Don’t Understand the Basics of Testing

Posted on 26 December, 2019 by Richard P Phelps

by Glynn D. Ligon, now posted in the Nonpartisan Education Review. https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Articles/v15n2.htm The Preface: Critics of testing students don’t understand the basics of testing. We let critics get away with bogus arguments that undermine the benefits of testing our students. … Continue reading →

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Beware New Quality Counts State Rankings

Posted on 5 September, 2019 by Richard Innes

Education Week just released the final segment on its 2019 ranking of state education systems, and it is unfortunate that this generally pretty good news outlet continues to mess this up. Point of Order: I just ranked Kentucky’ s All … Continue reading →

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Back to school means education news stories …for a while

Posted on 29 August, 2019 by Richard P Phelps

It’s that time of year again. As millions of youngsters return to school, thousands of journalists cast about for a once-a-year education-themed story. As one might expect with such sporadic attention, many of the August/September stories will be light and … Continue reading →

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Richard Phelps: Is our education system failing us? Critically Speaking

Posted on 25 July, 2019 by Richard P Phelps

CriticallySpeak @CritiSpeak https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/013-dr-richard-phelps-is-our-education-system-failing-us/id1463016517?i=1000445232433 K12 is in trouble! Johnny can’t read, write or do arithmetic, even with a college degree. Interview with Dr. Richard Phelps CriticallySpeaking podcast ‎Critically Speaking on Apple Podcasts ‎@@string1@@ · 2019 podcasts.apple.com

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New “science and society” podcast

Posted on 24 June, 2019 by Richard P Phelps

ANNOUNCING: Critically Speaking, a new podcast series hosted by Therese Markow, who writes:       ” … we separate facts from fallacies at the intersection of science and society. “Every day we make decisions that affect our own lives, … Continue reading →

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Keeping Journalists in the Dark: ‘Citation Cartels’ Limit Public Knowledge

Posted on 17 May, 2019 by Richard P Phelps

Keeping Journalists in the Dark: ‘Citation Cartels’ Limit Public Knowledge The public relies on journalists to learn about and share academic research. Public knowledge can be undermined, however, when academics try to influence what research journalists cover or limit the … Continue reading →

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US Education’s Dominant Research Method: Cherry Picking Evidence

Posted on 5 May, 2019 by Richard P Phelps

https://truthinamericaneducation.com/education-reform/us-educations-dominant-research-method-cherry-picking-evidence/

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Indoctrinating our youth: How a U.S. Public School Curriculum Skews the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Posted on 14 April, 2019 by Sandra Stotsky

https://www.camera.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Monograph-Spring-2017.pdf Anti-Israel Indoctrination Continues In Newton Public High School

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News Flash! AL’s Senate Pro Tem, who has previously stopped all anti-CC bills, filed an anti-CC bill today

Posted on 20 March, 2019 by Betty Peters

http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2019RS/bills/SB119.htm?fbclid=IwAR1PKg4sFJhE3A1QxjyAJDPTQm6V2HTJ306VURV2jm-17KGp7lR7MBBxFNo The AL Senate has 35 members; 27 sponsored it.

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Interesting review of Arne Duncan’s book, by fellow Chicagoan Bill Ayers

Posted on 19 February, 2019 by Sandra Stotsky

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1X8WUX1KNXQ3B/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1501173065 Arne Doesn’t Learn customer review, by Dr. William C. Ayers If you pick up Arne Duncan’s How Schools Work hoping to learn something about, well, unsurprisingly I suppose, about “how schools work,” you’ll be sorely disappointed. There’s no policy … Continue reading →

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Missouri’s Show-Me Institute: Where Liberty (and Censorship?) Come First

Posted on 7 January, 2019 by Richard P Phelps

Last year, in response to one of their blog posts, I submitted a comment to the think tank/advocacy group, the Show-Me Institute, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. I describe what I did, why, and what happened in a Nonpartisan Education … Continue reading →

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Letter to NPR’s Ari Shapiro and producers of their “individualized learning” podcast

Posted on 30 November, 2018 by Erich Martel

From: Erich Martel Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2018 To: ‘mediarelations@npr.org’ Dear Ari Shapiro and Individualized Learning (and Project Based Learning) Podcast Producers, I want to make three points re “Individualized Learning” and all claims pertaining to education: 1) Always look … Continue reading →

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Common Core Collaborators: Six Organizational Portraits

Posted on 31 August, 2018 by Richard P Phelps

New in the Nonpartisan Education Review: https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Articles/CommonCoreCollaborators.htm Phelps, R. P. (2018). Common Core Collaborators: Six Organizational Portraits. Nonpartisan Education Review/Articles, 14(3–7). – The Organization Named Achieve: Cradle of Common Core Cronyism – The Council of Chief State School Officers and … Continue reading →

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Nation’s Report Card: Common Core delivering education stagnation

Posted on 12 April, 2018 by Richard P Phelps

Nation’s Report Card: Common Core Delivering Education Stagnation …at the Independent Voter Network website, https://IVN.us

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