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- More botched tests by company that scored FCATs turn up: The testing company that has come under fire in Florida is also having problems in Minnesota. (Miami Herald)
- KEEPING PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC: Testing Companies Mine for Gold (Rethinking Schools)
- Inside the multimillion-dollar essay-scoring business: Behind the scenes of standardized testing (City Pages)
- Standardized Testing: A Decade in Review (Huffington Post)
- Computerized State Tests – Is Paper Better? by Jen Hegna on Grin and Bear I.T.
- South Korean Official Advises Caution in Following His Country's Model (Education Week)
- Poor Teaching for Poor Children …in the Name of Reform by Alfie Kohn
- Bubble sheet season by Joe Bower on For the Love of Learning
- Standardized Students, Silenced Teachers: The Un-American Education Agenda
- Victims of standardized testing Poem by Ruslana Westerlund
- SCHOOL LIFE IN JAPAN
- How Social Media is Changing the Education Industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Bloggers Challenge President on Standardized Testing (NYTimes)
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- Editorial: School integration is still a worthy goal (Star Tribune)
- Bill introduced in Colorado to repeal NCLB
- Teaching A People's History - Zinn Education Project
- Detroit schools send layoff papers to all teachers (Associated Press)
- The Test Generation (The American Prospect)
- Teach for America alum: TFA’s impact on my school (The Washington Post)
- The “New” Normal by Will Richardson on Weblogg-ed
- Things May Not Get Better! by Gary Stager on Stager-to-Go
- The Contraband of Some Schools is The Disruptive Innovation of Others with BYOT (Bring Your Own Tech) by Tim Clark on The Innovative Educator
- I’m no better than a high school drop out by Lisa Nielson on The Innovative Educator
- Student Driven Learning by Josh Stumpenhorst on Stump the Teacher
- Conventional Education Will Go the Way of Farming by Doug French on Ludwig von Mises Institute
- Passion-based learning in the 21st century: An interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach by John Norton on Powerful Learning Practice
- Dear parents, yes, we do filter websites at our school! by Scott McLeod on Mind Dump
- Generation Z could be the key to driving change in an outdated educational system by Lisa Nielson on The Innovative Educator
- Is Plato's Cave a Classroom?
- Testing cannot be anything but political - and abusive by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange
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Where there's smoke, there's fire. Where there are standards, there's standardized testing.
@DianeRavitch Principal of my child's NYC charter school has asked the Board to change her title to Chief Education Officer - yes, CEO.
Here are some amazing videos related to mathematics. http://bit.ly/gc9muG #edchat #mathchat
@markgarrison "'tchr wanted to know if they learn schoology today, are they going to have to learn something new in five years.' I hope so"
Dewey: what the best and wisest parent wants for his child is what we should want for all children...anything less..destroys our democracy
On CNN just now, @m_rhee just said that the impact of a great teacher is "immeasurable." She said it herself.
. @techlearning The "pro-teacher" language of individualism & personlization is code for drill & a steady diet of standardized testing.
@garystager it's staggering to think abt the cost of testing in US- supposed to be cheap, efficient- NOT.
@DianeRavitch Maybe it's time to inform #parents that they can opt their kids out of #standardizedtests -- especially unreasonable ones
Thanks for our tip.It will be really helpful.
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