Skip to main contentRemainders: Assessing advocacy groups' influence and impact
By | May 14, 2012, 11:39pm UTC - A series of articles tackles the growing clout of big advocacy groups, and their mixed results. (EdWeek)
- A teacher at a turnaround school says he’s not getting clear details about hiring. (Chaz’s School Daze)
- The city’s scoring of the state’s math and reading tests should be finished by Wednesday. (SchoolBook)
- Parents are upset after New Jersey’s state test asked third-graders to reveal a personal secret. (CBS)
- Educators are signing a petition to keep the state Global Studies Regents exam. (Mr. D’s Neighborhood)
- A teacher describes five test-prep strategies that work for him — but also make him sick. (NYCDOENuts)
- A teacher who taught AP Calculus for the first time this year explains why it was also the last. (JD2718)
- Ravitch notes the nasty names that charter advocates called her and other critics in emails. (DR’s Blog)
- A teacher asks why his colleagues are surprised by the charter backers-Joel Klein emails. (Jose Vilson)
- Since David Wakelyn resigned as Gov. Cuomo’s education deputy, no one is in charge. (Ed in the Apple)
- In Georgia, students in every grade will complete surveys that help evaluate their teachers. (Hechinger)
- When the math gets ahead of one teacher, she tells her students she needs to slow down. (Mrs. Ripp)
- A teacher singles out a former student who makes her feel like she has made a difference. (SchoolBook)