Topics this week included Common Core State Standards, testing and implementation, and student needs. Guests were Dr. Elfreda Massie, former interim superintendent of DC Public
Category: Common Core State Standards
Testocracy and Teaching for Change Bookstore
The most damning truth about standardized tests is that they are a better indicator of a student’s zip code than a student’s aptitude. Wealthier, and
MS2, Black History and Social Science in the Common Core
Feature Report, February 5, 2015. Howard University Middle School for Mathematics and Science – known as MS2 for short – has been in the news
Testing, School Choice, and Funding “After the Storm”
In the wake of last week’s mid-term election, Gallup and Education Week presented a program yesterday, “After the Storm,” on the meaning of election results
DC Council Candidate Eric J. Jones Talks Education
“We cannot evaluate mayoral control [of District of Columbia schools], because we don’t know what it was supposed to do,” Eric J. Jones, candidate for
Advocates for Justice and Education; DC’s At-Large Council Candidate Jones
Advocates for Justice and Education was founded in 1996 by DC public school parents seeking educational justice for students with special needs. Nearly 20 years
Education Town Hall Forum 