Author: teacherken

s an issue that is currently under some scrutiny.  I hope to do a detailed essay on this subject in the near future.  For now I’d like to point readers at an opinion piece by Andy Rotherham of th Progressive...

Richard Rothstein used to be the education writer for the NY Times until apparently forced aside.  He is currently a researcher at the Economic Policy Institute and a visiting professor at Teachers College, Columbia...

One unavoidable issue when discussing education is that of Assessment, which unfortunately is usually listed to testing, although it could include portfolios, performance exercises, and other measures.  The new Elementary...

Those who read this site regularly know how hard it is to get the ordinary person to accept that much of what they read in the press on political issues is inaccurate, often framed and deliberately distorted by what we often...

READERS:  —  I write most often on issues of education because I believe it is ground zero of the political battles for the future of this country.  Recently I encountered elsewhere a statement which says...