Questioning the Common Core In New York State
Recently, Commissioner John King testified in front of the New York State Senate Committee on Education and defended the Common Core. Sen. George Maziarz,
January 23, 2014
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Recently, Commissioner John King testified in front of the New York State Senate Committee on Education and defended the Common Core. Sen. George Maziarz,
In a recent post on the EdWeek blog, Matthew Lynch talks about the loss of the arts as subjects, and the use of the arts
John Merrow has documented several scandals involving cheating, including this one in Washington, DC, under former Chancellor Michelle Rhee. In Merrow’s Blog, Learning Matters/Taking Note,
Assessment should help us know what our goals are, how well we are making progress toward those goals, and the evidence of our progress.
One of my favorite blogs is CreatEquity. In one of their blogs a few weeks ago, (Portfolios: The Next Wave of Student Assessment? By LINDSEY COSGROVE | Published: DECEMBER 30TH,
News from the Houston Press about the Houston Independent School District which won the Broad Prize for best district based on Texas testing, is countered by other tests,
For ten years, the SchoolWorks Lab worked with the New York State Council on the Arts. This state arts funding group was responsible for handing
Defining Successful ETSL Template UnitsBy Robert A. Southworth, Jr., Ed.D.The SchoolWorks Lab, Inc.Outside Evaluator Pioneering Performance Assessments The SchoolWorks Lab, Inc. recommends from previous
I recently had the good fortune to be at Teachers College for the “Testing Then and Now” conference held on December 9, 2013 in
The flipped classroom is an idea that started in 2007. Two teachers, Jonathan Bergmand and Aaron Sams, in Woodland Park high school in Colorado recorded their lectures. They
I was admiring Nelson Mandela’s words yesterday and thinking about racism and poverty. When I want better schools, I can’t start the conversation without
Chester Finn, a past Secretary of Education in President Reagan’s cabinet, has made such a clear statement on special education that I wanted to
On this day of remembrance of Nelson Mandela, I am reminded that he had his priorities right, and told them to all who would
Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013, is one of my favorite examples of what peace can achieve. In the face of a ruling elite, a long prison
What do you do with bad kids? First of all, don’t call them bad kids! Kids are learners who make mistakes and need help
One of the most exciting new developments in performance assessment is the new edTPA. This test for new teachers was developed at Stanford University
A major conference at Teachers College on December 9th will seek to defuse the ideologically hyper-charged current national debate over educational testing by exploring the
Fred Smith, retired analyst for New York City Education, has testified about the Common Core steamroller that is over-running New York State parents and students. In
In 1945, UNESCO was founded as The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. This group of intellectuals deals with many of the cultural
The education reform I envision is based on more accurate assessment of student learning. We have to look at the evidence for student failure
Between 2008 and 2010, I worked as a consultant for the Theatre Communications Group. Their efforts, called “Building A National TEAM: Theatre Education Assessment Models”
In my work for the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), I have argued in a briefing paper (The Rise of Standards and the Need for Assessment Models
There are few education systems around the world that are fine examples of the new way we want to reform the American Education system.
When parents and educators talk about their children/students, there is a commonly held understanding of the type of smarts they are talking about that