Kerry’s Education Plan (2004)
Raise test Scores – win a prize by Gary StagerDistrict Administration, Aug 20048/1/2004 I was horrified by recent news referring to U.S. Sen. John Kerry’s …
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Au Contraire?
I often explain to graduate students that I don’t play devil’s advocate or any other clever games. Just because I may say something unsaid by …
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Matt Damon Can’t Save Us!
“I don’t know where I would be today if my teachers’ job security was based on how I performed on some standardized test. If their …
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Hate to Say It, but “I Told You So!” (part 2)
On December 17, 2008 – one month before Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, I expressed my fear about …
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Hate to Say, “I Told You So!” (part 1)
On September 3, 2008 I published this article, First We Kill the Teacher Unions, in the Huffington Post. The article reported on some evidence that …
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The Final Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education
Champions of public education, teachers and students lost an important ally recently when Gerald Bracey passed away unexpectedly. I wrote about the loss of Dr. …
Obama Wants Tip Jar for Teachers
There seems to be a part of a politician’s reptilian brain hardwired to believe that teachers are deliberately suppressing the almighty student standardized test scores until the government awards them an extra buck a day.