Skip to main contentRemainders: Former city testing chief calls cheating probable
By | July 6, 2011, 11:17pm UTC - The city’s former testing chief says the current data climate encourages cheating. (Hechinger)
- An attempt to change students’ subway habits after dismissal falls flat. (An Urban Teacher’s Education)
- K-12 testing programs should be more like pre-K assessments, not the other way around. (The Nation)
- For Hilary Lustick, graduation reflected on her students’ successes — and her own. (GS Community)
- Just 6 of 300+ communities aiming to be Promise Neighborhoods will get federal help. (Politics K-12)
- Top-25 lists of the top education influencers and educators on Twitter. (Education Next)
- Education reporters explain why they published a confidential document revealing city plans. (Notebook)
- The NEA also eliminated its opposition to merit pay, but no one seems to have noticed. (Mike Antonucci)
- A Philadelphia charter school that’s trying to stop unionization says its not a public school. (EdWeek)
- A teacher says he won’t miss the paltry Teacher’s Choice funds for buying supplies. (Accountable Talk)
- A legislator’s request that Arne Duncan offer NCLB flexibility guidance wasn’t answered. (Politics K-12)
- Inspired by Diane Ravitch, the Times is asking readers for advice about how to fix schools. (Edwize)
- Private donors are enabling the city to offer more youth jobs than it planned before budget cuts. (Patch)