Some of the business “leaders” who are bemoaning what they see as an inadequate public education system simply refuse to admit that they are a major part of the problem. Why? The major, overriding problem with public education in Texas is that it is inadequately and inequitably funded by state government. And many of the […]
Is a struggling student a challenge for a teacher, or a liability that a school administrator must unload? In a blog linked below, veteran educator Anthony Cody makes a strong argument that the highstakes standardized testing mania has encouraged many administrators to treat their failing students as “risky assets” to be jettisoned for the sake […]
Unless policymakers start listening to teachers, the standardized testing mania is going to get even crazier. Some districts around the country already are conducting standardized tests in art, music and physical education. And, according to the article linked below, one of the pioneers of this expansion has been Mike Miles, the new superintendent at Dallas […]
Maybe the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has more money than it knows how to spend. Or, maybe classroom technology skipped a few generations while I was on vacation. But here is a report, linked below, that the Gates Foundation is spending $1.4 million on the development of a bracelet to measure students’ emotional responses […]
