test-prep

Another emphasis on test-prep and an embrace of "Common Core Standards," a fancy euphemism for "standardized national curriculum."

Gary Stager: Education Nation & Ideological Blindness Gary Stager 2010

Ten Strategies to Save Our Schools by Juanita Doyon is a short must-read book for parents tired of their schools being turned into little more than Dickensian test-prep sweatshops.

Gary Stager: Wanna be a School Reformer? You Better do Your Homework! Gary Stager 2010

Before anyone outside of Texas had heard of George W. Bush, many of us had been calling attention to the fact that these policies were turning schools into glorified test-prep centers, driving some of the most innovative teachers to leave the profession, and increasing the drop-out rate among kids of color.

Alfie Kohn: How to Sell Conservatism: Lesson 1 -- Pretend You're a Reformer Alfie Kohn 2010

Another emphasis on test-prep and an embrace of "Common Core Standards," a fancy euphemism for "standardized national curriculum."

Gary Stager: Education Nation & Ideological Blindness Gary Stager 2010

Another emphasis on test-prep and an embrace of "Common Core Standards," a fancy euphemism for "standardized national curriculum."

Gary Stager: Education Nation & Ideological Blindness Gary Stager 2010

Ten Strategies to Save Our Schools by Juanita Doyon is a short must-read book for parents tired of their schools being turned into little more than Dickensian test-prep sweatshops.

Gary Stager: Wanna be a School Reformer? You Better do Your Homework! Gary Stager 2010

Why not declare every day, "I'm Here for the Kids Day," and protect them from the corporate and political bullies fighting to make their schools joyless test-prep factories?

Gary Stager: Teachers Should Cry, Get Mad, Do Something! Gary Stager 2011

Why not declare every day, "I'm Here for the Kids Day," and protect them from the corporate and political bullies fighting to make their schools joyless test-prep factories?

Gary Stager: Teachers Should Cry, Get Mad, Do Something! Gary Stager 2011

Budget concerns have contributed in part to the shedding of some smaller Rhee projects, such as the Saturday Scholars test-prep program and Capital Gains, the middle school experiment in cash for good grades and behavior.

Rhee's successor escapes her shadow; challenges remain Bill Turque 2011

Before anyone outside of Texas had heard of George W. Bush, many of us had been calling attention to the fact that these policies were turning schools into glorified test-prep centers, driving some of the most innovative teachers to leave the profession, and increasing the drop-out rate among kids of color.

Alfie Kohn: How to Sell Conservatism: Lesson 1 -- Pretend You're a Reformer Alfie Kohn 2010