Tag Archives: schools

Hard Work by Students

Posted on 19/05/2016 by Will Fitzhugh

In my ten years of HS teaching I saw good (hard-working, interested in learning) students do well with good teachers, and ALSO do pretty well with poor teachers… I saw poor (not working, not interested in learning) students do poorly … Continue reading →

Posted in Education policy, Education Reform, research ethics, Will Fitzhugh | Tagged education, education research, learning, schools, student achievement, students, teachers | Leave a comment

Jay Mathews: pt 1 of 3 pt Review of Caleb Rossiter ‘s new book: “Aint Nobody Be Learnin’ Nothin’: The Fraud and the Fix for High Poverty Schools”

Posted on 17/05/2015 by Erich Martel

Mayor, Council Members, State Board of Education Members, This is assigned reading. It’s time to take off the rose colored glasses and stop the routine affirmations of “I support education reform” without looking past the polished press releases. Please stop … Continue reading →

Posted in College prep, Education Fraud, Education policy, Education Reform, Erich Martel, Ethics, K-12 | Tagged DC, DCPS, education, fraud, grades, Martel, Mathews, Rossiter, schools, social promotion | Leave a comment

Kamenetz, A. (2015). The Test: Why our schools are obsessed with standardized testing—but you don’t have to be. New York: Public Affairs. Book Review, by Richard P. Phelps

Posted on 11/01/2015 by Richard P Phelps

Perhaps it is because I avoid most tabloid journalism that I found journalist Anya Kamenetz’s loose cannon Introduction to The Test: Why our schools are obsessed with standardized testing—but you don’t have to be so jarring. In the space of … Continue reading →